Observed and expected future impacts of climate change on marine environment and ecosystems in the Nordic region
Ottersen, Geir; Børsheim, Knut Yngve; Arneborg, Lars; Maar, Marie; Schourup-Kristensen, Vibe; Rosell, Elin Almroth; Hieronymus, Magnus
Abstract
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports are comprehensive, thorough and important, but they cover the whole world and this is at the expense of scope and precision on a regional scale. Specifically, the Nordic region is not covered as a separate area or specific characteristics of our regional seas highlighted. It is particularly unsatisfactory that the global models used to simulate future climate and climate effects do not have a high enough spatial resolution to serve as a good basis for decisions on a Nordic scale. Against this background, the Nordic Council of Ministers saw a need for increased knowledge about the effects of climate change on Nordic waters. This resulted in the project "Nordic climate scenarios" (NorScen), which runs from 2022 to 2024 and is initiated and funded by the Council of Ministers. Observed and expected future impacts of climate change on marine environment and ecosystems in the Nordic region