Oceans and seas cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Despite this, we know more about space than about what happens beneath the water’s surface. At Stockholm University, research is underway to deepen our understanding of the oceans and how they are connected to human activities.
The ocean contains a vast range of environments - from Arctic ice expanses, the Baltic Sea’s archipelagos, and tidal flats along Europe’s coasts - to coral reefs and deep-sea trenches that are far deeper than Mount Everest is high. There are also immense open-ocean areas where most of the ocean’s productivity takes place, yet which are sometimes referred to as marine deserts. Within these diverse environments exists a rich and varied plant and animal life, adapted in different ways to these changing conditions. At Stockholm University, we conduct research that explores and deepens our understanding of this complexity.
