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Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5229

Special Issue Editors

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Madeleine Granvik

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Department of Earth Sciences, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; The Baltic University, Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: climate change and food; policy and planning for climate change; food security; agricultural land; food planning; local food; local food systems; Sustainable Food systems; resilient food systems; definitions local food; interpretations local food; food self sufficiency; food crisis preparedness
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Prof. Dr. Aistė Balžekienė

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Research group of Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: comparative research on risk perception; public attitudes to climate change; social aspects of technological and environmental risks; environmental sociology; social research methodology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute a full paper to this Special Issue on Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region. The Issue focuses on climate change in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) context and is open for researchers from different disciplines, within natural science, engineering, social science, and the humanities, as well as interdisciplinary researchers. We welcome original research papers, either with a focus on empirical results or elaborating on theory, as long as it is of relevance to climate change in the BSR. We especially welcome presentations of research findings having an inter-/multidisciplinary approach based on co-operation between colleagues in the Baltic Sea Region.

Research on climate change and its impacts has been active and is ongoing in all Baltic Sea countries. The first initiative to collect results from the region was in 2008, when an international team of authors compiled the Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin (BACC Author Team, 2008). Another update was published in 2015 to evaluate the development in the region (BACC II Author Team, 2015). A severe common challenge of the present time is to handle the consequences of climate change in the BSR (e.g., heavy rains, floods, wild fires, increases in temperature both on land and in water, and an increase of invasive flora and fauna affecting the ecosystems and the biodiversity). The Baltic Sea is affected by climate change in different ways; there are five main factors: sea level rise; storm surges; and changes in ice cover, temperature, and salinity. The consequences of climate change present challenges of both local and national character, which require co-operation in research, policy, planning, and business. Therefore, the development of common views and measurements for adaptation, mitigation strategies, and plans for practical implementation is of major concern.

We welcome scientific contributions related to the following topics:

  • The Baltic Sea Climate System;
  • Natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change in the BSR;
  • Climate change observed in the BSR;
  • Ecological and socio-economic impacts and risks associated with climate change in the BSR;
  • Prevention and mitigation of climate change in the BSR;
  • Adaptation and solutions of climate change in the BSR;
  • Economic transition towards a climate change economy in the BSR;
  • Climate change, policy, planning and implementation in the BSR;
  • Social transformation, movements and lifestyles related to climate change in the BSR;
  • The role of technology in the climate change transition in the BSR;
  • Certainties and uncertainties in climate change research.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Madeleine Granvik
Prof. Dr. Aistė Balžekienė
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • sustainability
  • mitigation
  • adaptation
  • solutions
  • policy
  • transformation

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Changes in the Water Surface Area of Reservoirs of the Crimean Peninsula and Artificial Increases in Precipitation as One of the Possible Solutions to Water Shortages
by Svitlana Boychenko, Tetyana Kuchma and Ievgen V. Khlobystov
Sustainability 2022, 14(16), 9995; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169995 - 12 Aug 2022
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The climatic conditions of Crimea are semiarid; therefore, alternative sources of fresh water are needed. A significant increase in water use and consumption (due to the intensification of construction, industry, tourism, and militarization), along with the cessation of fresh water supplies from mainland [...] Read more.
The climatic conditions of Crimea are semiarid; therefore, alternative sources of fresh water are needed. A significant increase in water use and consumption (due to the intensification of construction, industry, tourism, and militarization), along with the cessation of fresh water supplies from mainland Ukraine, has reduced the water levels in some reservoirs to critical levels, and climate change has exacerbated this situation. There has been a significant decrease in precipitation by 10–15% on the Crimean Peninsula, accompanied by an increase in surface temperature by 0.8 ± 0.1 °C per 10 years during the period 1991–2020. The analysis of satellite-driven drought severity index reveals that the vast area of Crimean steppe is exposed to moderate–high drought risk. According to Landsat satellite imagery, there is a decreasing tendency for the water mirror area of all reservoirs, with a decrease of 34% on average in 2021 compared to 2015. The retrospective analysis of satellite images for 2015–2021 showed that the water surface area of the Simferopol reservoir had decreased on average by ~20% compared to 2015. To solve the problems associated with the shortage of fresh water, a series of works on the active influences on atmospheric processes was conducted, aimed at providing additional artificial precipitation. Two situations were considered, with mixed results: In the first case, on 30 October 2016, wet soil and standing water areas were detected by radar satellite imagery in agricultural fields within a radius of 40 km of the village of Petrovka, Krasnogvardiiskyi district, potentially related to the induction of precipitation by active influences on atmosphere. Meanwhile, in the second case, the realization of atmospheric precipitation occurred over Simferopol on 29–30 September 2020, leading to flooding in the city, but an increase in the water surface area of the Simferopol reservoir after active influences was not recorded. Full article
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Trends in the Environmental Conditions, Climate Change and Human Health in the Southern Region of Ukraine
by Viktor Karamushka, Svitlana Boychenko, Tetyana Kuchma and Olena Zabarna
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5664; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095664 - 07 May 2022
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The Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, being adjusted to the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas, are located in the steppe zone and constitute the southern region of Ukraine. The environmental parameters and health indicators of the population of the region [...] Read more.
The Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, being adjusted to the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas, are located in the steppe zone and constitute the southern region of Ukraine. The environmental parameters and health indicators of the population of the region are sensitive to the impact of natural (e.g., climate change) and anthropogenic processes. An analysis of satellite remote sensing data (NOAA NDVI time series) for the assessment of vegetation condition demonstrates an increase in frequency and duration of drought events in the region during the last few decades. It may have a relation to climate change processes. Data analysis of local meteorological observations over the past 100 years proved alterations of some bioclimatic indexes. The Equivalent Effective Temperature (IEET) increases in winter and summer (due to the increasing repeatability of high anomalous temperatures) and remains stable in spring and autumn seasons. The increasing number and variability of climate anomalies can provoke an increase in cardiovascular and some other diseases in the local population. At the same time, an analysis of the statistical data of health indicators of the population (such as morbidity of digestion, breathing, and the endocrine and circulatory systems) shows a tendency to decrease morbidity (contrary to the indicators of the mountain regions’ population, which have higher values of life expectancy). Interrelations between environmental, climate change, and population health indicators in the Black Sea region are being discussed. Full article
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