Abstract Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth
System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of …

In the summer of 2022, the River Odra in Europe witnessed a significant ecological disaster,
leading to an unprecedented mass mortality among fish, bivalves, and water snails. The …

Increasing concerns exist about possible decreased wintering duck abundance and hunting
opportunities in the southern regions of the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways of North …

Global warming and direct anthropogenic impacts, such as water extraction, largely affect
water budgets in Mediterranean wetlands, thereby increasing wetland salinities and …

Abstract Analysis of coordinated Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) count data from the last 30
years showed a 38.1% decrease in wintering numbers in North-West Europe, from 309,000 …

This study examines the Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus), utilizing
GPS/GSM transmitters year-round for the first time on this species. The research covers …

Mid-winter sea surface temperatures in the Barents and Kara Seas have shown amplified
warming since the mid-2000s, rapidly removing winter sea-ice from very extensive areas …

For Greater Scaup Aythya marila, classified as 'Vulnerable'on the European Red List of
Birds, the south-western Baltic Sea is one of the most important wintering sites in Europe. In …

Background The arrival of many species of migrant passerine in the European spring has
shifted earlier over recent decades, attributed to climate change and rising temperatures in …

Timing of ice-out is important to fundamental hydrological and ecological processes in
freshwater ecosystems at high northern latitudes. While earlier ice-out in lakes during the …