Since its lowest point in the 1970s, the Baltic ringed seal population has grown from about 5,000 to 25,000 individuals.

Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea fascinate not only divers but also those intrigued by the legends of hidden treasures inside these sunken vessels. However, some are a headache for environmentalists ...

After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with ...

High-altitude detections cannot reliably indicate the presence or impact of interference at sea level. To address this critical knowledge gap, GPSPATRON and Gdynia Maritime University have conducted a ...

Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact a giant clone of common bladderwrack, perhaps the world's ...

The south-western Baltic Sea has about 3,000 kilograms of dissolved toxic chemicals released from unexploded ordnance, according to a new study. The substances were detected in almost all water ...

Marine heat waves—periods in which the upper water layers in the sea temporarily become exceptionally warm—are occurring with increasing frequency worldwide. Recent studies by the Leibniz ...

A NATO Plane’s Busy Duty: Tracking (and Dodging) Russia in the Baltic Sea The assignment was part of a new program aimed at suspected Russian sabotage. None has occurred since NATO began patrols.

On Nov. 18, hours after two communication cables were severed in the Baltic Sea, 30 NATO vessels and 4,000 military staff took to the same body of water for one of northern Europe's largest naval ...

Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the ...

The clone of bladderwrack in the Baltic Sea was long assumed to be a separate species, which was called narrow seaweed. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have discovered that what was ...