Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

Climate change combined with pollution from farming and forestry could flip northern Europe's Baltic Sea from being a sponge for CO 2 to a source of the planet-warming gas, scientists studying told ...

Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 ...

The Swedish coast guard on Thursday boarded a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier suspected of dumping waste in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's civil defence minister said. "This is a clear example of how the coast ...

The grey seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperilled by climate change, pollution and shrinking fish stocks. The seals have been ...

While global water and ocean levels are rising, the Baltic Sea lost 275 billion tonnes of water at the beginning of February. It is now 67 cm lower than the average recorded in 1886. The situation, ...

Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. Currently, the amount of thallium, which is ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has thrown its weight behind a Swedish push to clear the Baltic Sea of pollutants, to encircle it with power cables, and to protect against the risk of oil ...

More domestic wind generation can also strengthen energy security and support grid stability.

The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world's largest dead marine zones, mainly due to excess nutrient runoff into the sea from human activities on land - Copyright ...