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March
2, 2007 The latest European
Science
Foundation-Marine Board study report, “Impact of
climate change on
European marine and coastal environment - Ecosystem approach”
shows how
even moderate climate scenarios have caused marked consequences on the
European
marine environment. The study has
detailed the impact
of climate change at a European Seas level – in the Arctic,
the Barents Sea,
the Nordic Seas, the Baltic, the North Sea, the Northeast Atlantic, in
the
Celtic-Biscay Shelf, the Iberia upwelling margin, the Mediterranean and
the Black
Sea. Take the northern
Arctic and In
addition, the increased
river runoff and subsequent freshening of the Baltic Sea have also led
to
shifts from marine to more brackish and even freshwater species while
the
temperature-induced loss of native species from enclosed systems, such
as the
Mediterranean and Black Sea, will enhance the introduction of
non-native
organisms, according to the study-report which is led by Dr. Katja
Philippart
from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. After taking in all
of the recorded
impacts on the They are: 1. A concerted
effort to gather,
store and analyze previously and presently collected marine
environmental data
(e.g. common open access database and annual Pan-European reporting
based on
national contributions); 2. Identifying the
nature and
rate of consequences of climate change in European marine and coastal
waters;
this will require the maintenance of sustained monitoring efforts and
use of
new technologies to increase their spatial and temporal resolution; 3. Predicting the
consequences of
climate change for our marine environment; this will require the
development
and measurement of parameters. 4. Predicting the
response and
feedback of marine environments and ecosystems to climate change which
would
require the improvement of regional climate models and the development
of
biophysical models; 5. Predicting the
impact on
climate change on the distribution of marine organisms and on marine
food webs;
this will require the inclusion of knowledge on species’
physiology,
bioenergetics and behavior in biophysical and ecosystem models. The study report,
which started
in 2005, was disclosed today at the annual Young Marine
Scientist’s Day event
taking place at the Boeverbos venue in The European Science
Foundation
(ESF), with offices in With it present
memberships of 23
marine research organizations (institutes and agencies) from 16
countries, the
Marine Board provides a unique forum to express the collective vision
of how
research can inform issues of societal concern.
(www.esf.org/marine
board)
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