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2019-12-11 Information

New report by IUCN: Oceans running out of oxygen

In a new report, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) notes that the world's ocean levels are declining at a furious pace. The report was launched last Saturday in conjunction with the ongoing Climate Change Conference COP 25 in Madrid, with the aim to put the oceans on the agenda.

2019-11-25 Press room

The release of "Baltic Sea: Closure" by Folke Rydén

Today, November 25, the documentary film "Baltic Sea: Closure" is released in SVT's Vetenskapens Värld (Swedish broadcast). The film is made by Folke Rydén and is the last film in the ten-year Baltic Sea Media Project funded by BalticSea2020.

2019-11-22 Press room

Baltic Sea Science Center has received the award “Helgjutet”!

We are delighted and proud that the Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen is the winner of the Svensk Betong award “Helgjutet”! this according to a press release today. The award is awarded every two years to highlight good examples of solid-cast solutions, and is instituted to show the opportunities to “create good architecture, innovative design and rational work execution with concrete. By utilizing all the possibilities of concrete, we can create beautiful, functional and durable designs”.

2019-11-15 Press room

New documentary by Folke Rydén reveals: High levels of chlorine paraffin in humans and animals

November 25, “Baltic Sea: Closure” by Folke Rydén was released in SVT Vetenskapens Värld (Swedish broadcast). The documentary reveals that there are high levels of chlorine paraffins in humans and animals living in and by the Baltic Sea. At the same time, researchers are seeing a general reduction in DDT and PCBs in the population, environmental toxins that were previously at about the same levels as chlorine paraffins are today.