Gothenburg, Sept. 24 -- : Just as there has long been spatial planning for operations on land, planning is required to encourage the sustainable development of marine environments. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and other institutions are now proving that marine planning, which it currently does not, must take climate change into account. Changes in temperature and salt concentration may have a greater impact on ecosystems and species than every other environmental element combined, according to the researchers' findings.
Symphony is a programme that has been around for a while. GIS maps are used to show the distribution of important ecosystems and species throughout Sweden's coastlines, as well as how different environmenta...