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The group deals with research questions on long time scales such as the effects of climate change and eutrophication in the ocean. We also study short term processes in the sea. Our aim is to improve our knowledge on the system dynamics and thus understand the rapid changes that lead to e Last updated: Nov 14, 2023

Save life, fuel, time and money. SMHI's services will help you to profitable and safe shipping with the possibility of post voyage analysis. In the event of an oil spill situation at sea, SMHI's web-based tools will track the discharge source. Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

This is the colour that enables the blooms to be observed by satellite, and the beautiful colour inspires thoughts of more southern seas. The bloom is often dominated by the species Emiliania huxleyi. Massive blooms were observed during 2003 and 2004, and again in 2010 along the Norwegian coast and Last updated: Mar 20, 2017

(Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) is also an ocean circulation model with high resolution. It is being developed with a large European community, and has recently been set up at SMHI to model the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The intention is that it will be used both for regional forecasting Last updated: Mar 09, 2021

SMHI’s services help you with cost-efficient and safe shipping services. For oil-spill situations at sea, SMHI’s web-based tools can trace the source of the discharge. Last updated: Oct 24, 2022

changes in the cryosphere are likely to be a result of global warming, and thus may accelerate. Although observational, theoretical, and modelling studies indicate that the sea-ice and snow-cover changes have a significant impact on the large-scale atmospheric circulation and weather extremes, controversy Last updated: Nov 21, 2023

website? If you need content from this website that is not accessible for you, but is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations as described below, please us by e-mail or telephone. You can also call SMHI customer service 46 11-495 82 00 Reporting accessibility problems with this website We Last updated: Feb 17, 2021

 highlights how these systems play a key role in reducing the effects on lives, property and ecosystems in the event of various weather-related natural disasters. Despite this, 90 percent of the least developed countries and small island nations currently lack such a system. The report reveals a Last updated: Oct 23, 2020

SMHI and SYKE, the Finnish Environment Institute, have begun a close collaboration to monitor the marine environment of the Baltic and the North Sea.“It is unique for two countries to sign an agreement in this way, but we are leading a trend that the EU and the global organization ICES would like Last updated: Mar 20, 2017

The EU MyOcean project began this year and will run until 2011. It focuses on several issues linked to ocean monitoring and concerns everything from weather forecasts, ice cover and climate change to safety, water quality and oil spills. In geographic terms MyOcean encompasses the oceans and seas Last updated: Apr 23, 2014