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Increasing atmospheric CO2 drives ocean acidification globally. In coastal seas, acidification trends can however be either counteracted or enhanced by other processes. Ecosystem effects of acidification are so far small in the Baltic Sea, but changes should be anticipated unless CO2 emissions are curbed. Possible future acidification trends in the Baltic Sea, conditional on CO2 emissions, climate change, and changes in productivity, can be assessed by means of model simulations. There are uncertainties regarding potential consequences for marine organisms, partly because of difficulties to assign critical thresholds, but also because of knowledge gaps regarding species’ capacity to adapt. Increased temporal and spatial monitoring of inorganic carbon system parameters would allow a better understanding of current acidification trends and also improve the capacity to predict possible future changes. An additional benefit is that such measurements also provide quantitative estimates of productivity. The technology required for precise measurements of the inorganic carbon system is readily available today. Regularly updated status evaluations of acidification, and the inorganic carbon system in general, would support management when assessing climate change effects, eutrophication or characteristics of the pelagic habitats. This would, however, have to be based on a spatially and temporally sufficient monitoring program.

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This work has been accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters. Version of RecordESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary. Learn more about preprints. preprintOpen AccessYou are viewing the latest version by default [v1]Iron-phosphorus feedbacks drive multidecadal oscillations in Baltic Sea hypoxiaAuthorsTomJilbertiDBo GGustafssoniDSimonVeldhuijzenDanielReedNiels Antonius Gerardus Martinusvan HelmondiDMartijnHermansiDCarolineSlompiDSee all authors Tom JilbertiDCorresponding Author• Submitting AuthorUniversity of HelsinkiiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-0168view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressBo G GustafssoniDBaltic Nest Institute, Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm UniversityiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-8452view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressSimon VeldhuijzenDepartment of Earth Sciences (Geochemistry)view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressDaniel ReedDepartment of Earth Sciences (Geochemistry)view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressNiels Antonius Gerardus Martinus van HelmondiDUtrecht UniversityiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0024-7217view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressMartijn HermansiDUniversity of HelsinkiiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-9307view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email addressCaroline SlompiDUtrecht UniversityiDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-0109view email addressThe email was not providedcopy email address

Two years after the second international BalticSTE symposium passed very quickly and here the third international science symposium is already a history too. On the 17th -20th of June this year, the 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education BalticSTE2019 took place in Šiauliai. The topic of the Symposium was “Science and Technology Education: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions”. More than 50 scientists from 20 countries participated in the symposium. Comparing with the symposium which took place in 2017, the geographical distribution of the participants is significantly wider. Ukrainian, Serbian, Romanian, Malaysian researchers participated in the symposium for the first time. Natural science education requires constant researcher attention in the rapidly changing technological age, new educational methodologies and innovative educational approaches. The symposium reporter analysed topic spectrum is wide – from global warming of the climate, climate change to philosophical methodological and education evaluation questions. One of this international symposium ideas is – to show that Baltic region countries also actively participate in natural science and technology education research, especially in STEAM context. The second idea is that Baltic countries as well as other small regions of the world need corresponding close communication and cooperation.

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