"We know approximately how much the fish poop, how much carbon it contains and also how quickly the feces reach the bottom. Against this background,...
Text: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Johan Candert, Pablo Cozzaglio / AFP / TT Image
Research
Researcher Erin McCallum will investigate whether fish seek out water discharged from treatment plants, and how they may be harmed by it...
Text: Daniel Hedström
Photo: Kimmo Hagman, Erin McCallum, TT/Trons
07:42
In the past, we used reeds as both feed, fertilizer and building material. But in modern times, it has mostly been seen as a weed,...
Reportage: Johan Candert
Photo: Daniel Hedström & Simon Stanford
UV Photo: Johan Candert & Robert Westerberg
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti
How are we affected by the oceans getting warmer?...
Text: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: TT News Agency
12:06
For a few weeks in late June and early July, thousands of baby birds jump from the cliffs of Stora Karlsö – before they have...
Reportage: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
Editor: Daniel Hedström
09:24
In one of our recordings this spring, the researchers brought four dead seals to investigate the causes of death. Wildlife pathologist Elina Thorsson has now...
Reportage: Johan Candert
Photo: Simon Stanford
UV Photo: Göran Ehlmé, Johan Candert
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
The sound on the beach is deafening. Using the word cacophony feels enticing, but on reflection, symphony feels like the right choice of words. On...
Text: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
06:15
For a long time, scientists, fishermen and the general public have asked themselves: Why has Baltic cod become so small? Now, maybe new research can...
Report: Fanny Jönsson and Johan Candert
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti
Photo: Simon Stanford, Martina Iverus
UV Photo: Johan Candert
Music: Martin Bianco Andersson
13:14
It can be difficult to distinguish between the different fish in a large shoal in the sea. But the researchers agree that they are teachable...
Reportage: Johan Candert
Photo: Simon Stanford
UV Photo: Johan Candert
Stock Photo: Pond5
Editor: Daniel Hedström, Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
78 scientists in petition to protect the oceans...
Source: Göteborgsposten
Image: TT Image bank
11:06
When society was put on pause during the pandemic, many people's opinion was that nature and wildlife would now have a chance to recover. But...
Reporter: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
Photo: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Jonas Hentati Sundberg
Editor: Daniel Hedström
Jonas Hentati Sundberg is a marine biologist and has been researching guillemots, on Stora Karlsö, for almost two decades. When the island was closed down...
Text: Fanny Jönsson
The Swedish Museum of Natural History has released a new report showing that the porpoise population in the Baltic Sea may be recovering. The porpoise,...
Source: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Photo: Martin Almqvist / TT Bild
05:18
E-DNA has been used to, among other things, track the spread of the coronavirus in our wastewater – now researchers are testing the method on...
Reportage: Fanny Jönsson
Underwater Photo: Tobias Dahlin
Photo: Simon Stanford
Editor: Daniel Hedström
Editor pictures from pike counters: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
The release of farmed salmon has affected the wild salmon stocks, according to a new study from (SLU)...
Source: SLU
Photo: TT Bildbyrå / Mikael Gustafsson
00:42
Millions of Swedish recreational fishermen want to save endangered species by releasing caught fish, so-called catch-and-release. But what happens to all those fish that are...
Photo: Vetenskapsredaktionen SVT
05:00
Researchers from the Swedish Museum of Natural History have recently discovered that many seals in the Baltic Sea suffer from intestinal ulcers...
Reportage: Johan Candert
Photo: Simon Stanford
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
The 2020 pandemic can be seen as a global experiment with unexpected opportunities to study the impact of human activities on wildlife, ecosystems and the...
Text: Björn Hagberg
Photo: Shutterstock
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1237-z
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2146-7
05:26
In a new project, researchers want to track fish individuals, and with the help of new technology, map and track the fish throughout the Baltic...
Reportage: Martin Widman
Photo: Simon Stanford
04:46
Is it the collapse of predatory fish that we see in the Baltic Sea? Pike are disappearing from bays and reeds at a rapid rate....
Report: Martin Widman
Photo: Simon Stanford, Robert Westerberg & Leif Eiranson
Stills: Stefan Beskow/Azote
The concept of Ocean Literacy is gaining ground. UNESCO calls for common knowledge base on the sea...
Text: Anna Bisther
Photo: Henrik Widman
Photo: Simon Stanford
Header image: Katja Kircher/Scanpix/TT