“We want to solve the problems by, among other ways, electronically monitoring the state of the sea. Data is critical for the ocean use revolution the world is facing,” says David Nilsson, scientific coordinator of the KTH Baltic Tech Initiative. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has attended a KTH presentation of the initiative.
The Baltic Sea has been in a poor state for a long time, primarily due to over-fertilization, overfishing and toxic pollution. The problems are not only apparent in research reports—more and more fishers and residents of the Stockholm archipelago attest to empty nets, polluted swimming spots and overgrown bays.
Already before the pandemic, KTH researchers initiated an international environmental cooperation through the EU-initiative Clean Stormwater, which reduces toxins in water from cities and regulates the run-off to the oceans, David Nilsson says.