Russia will develop a regional module for environmental and climate monitoring of the Baltic Sea.
It will be based on marine environment data which is being influenced by the climate change. The information was obtained following the 56th voyage of the scientific research vessel Academician Boris Petrov, the press service of the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
The expedition of Academician Boris Petrov in the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea lasted from June 16 to July 13. In its course, the researchers collected data on the evolution of marine landscapes and the influence of various factors on them. The knowledge gained should help scientists predict further climatic and environmental changes.
The information that the expedition participants managed to obtain will be used to create new landscape maps and paleographic reconstructions. Also during the operation of the research vessel, the transformations of the marine ecosystem were monitored. Its results will be actively used for the implementation and development of the principles of environmental management.
Another result of the expedition was detailed geophysical studies of underwater dunes. Scientists intend to use some of them to build artificial beaches in the Kaliningrad region.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
