Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

1. Introduction and Summary
Hans Storch, Anders Omstedt, Janet Pawlak, Marcus Reckermann

Part I. Long-term Climate Change

2. Climate Change During the Holocene (Past 12,000 Years)
Irena Borzenkova, Eduardo Zorita, Olga Borisova, Laimdota Kalniņa, Dalia Kisielienė, Tiiu Koff, Denis Kuznetsov, Geoffrey Lemdahl, Tatyana Sapelko, Migle Stančikaitė, Dimitry Subetto

3. The Historical Time Frame (Past 1000 Years)
Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Rüdiger Glaser, Daniel Hansson, Samuli Helama, Vladimir Klimenko, Ewa Łupikasza, Łukasz Małarzewski, Øyvind Nordli, Rajmund Przybylak, Dirk Riemann, Olga Solomina

Part II. Recent Climate Change (Past 200 Years)

4. Recent Change—Atmosphere
Anna Rutgersson, Jaak Jaagus, Frederik Schenk, Martin Stendel, Lars Bärring, Agrita Briede, Björn Claremar, Inger Hanssen-Bauer, Jari Holopainen, Anders Moberg, Øyvind Nordli, Egidijus Rimkus, Joanna Wibig

5. Recent Change—River Run-off and Ice Cover
Jukka Käyhkö, Elga Apsite, Anna Bolek, Nikolai Filatov, Sergey Kondratyev, Johanna Korhonen, Jurate Kriaučiūnienė, Göran Lindström, Larisa Nazarova, Anna Pyrh, Marzenna Sztobryn

6. Recent Change—Terrestrial Cryosphere
Sirpa Rasmus, Jan Boelhouwers, Agrita Briede, Ian A. Brown, Malgorzata Falarz, Susanne Ingvander, Jaak Jaagus, Lev Kitaev, Andrew Mercer, Egidijus Rimkus

7. Recent Change—Marine Circulation and Stratification
Jüri Elken, Andreas Lehmann, Kai Myrberg

8. Recent Change—Sea Ice
Jari J. Haapala, Iina Ronkainen, Natalija Schmelzer, Marzenna Sztobryn

9. Recent Change—Sea Level and Wind Waves
Birgit Hünicke, Eduardo Zorita, Tarmo Soomere, Kristine S. Madsen, Milla Johansson, Ülo Suursaar

Part III. Future Climate Change

10. Projected Change—Models and Methodology
Joanna Wibig, Douglas Maraun, Rasmus Benestad, Erik Kjellström, Philip Lorenz, Ole Bøssing Christensen

11. Projected Change—Atmosphere
Ole Bøssing Christensen, Erik Kjellström, Eduardo Zorita

12. Projected Change—Hydrology
Torben Obel Sonnenborg

13. Projected Change—Marine Physics
H. E. Markus Meier

14. Projected Change—Sea Level
Aslak Grinsted

Part IV. Environmental Impacts of Climate Change

15. Environmental Impacts—Atmospheric Chemistry
David Simpson, Jerzy Bartnicki, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Hans-Christen Hansson, Ole Hertel, Joakim Langner, Sara C. Pryor

16. Environmental Impacts—Coastal Ecosystems, Birds and Forests
Pekka Niemelä, Harri Tolvanen, Mia Rönkä, Seppo Kellomäki, Joachim Krug, Guy Schurgers, Esa Lehikoinen, Risto Kalliola

17. Environmental Impacts—Freshwater Biogeochemistry
Christoph Humborg, Hans Estrup Andersen, Thorsten Blenckner, Mathias Gadegast, Reiner Giesler, Jens Hartmann, Gustaf Hugelius, Jens Hürdler, Pirkko Kortelainen, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, Markus Venohr, Gesa Weyhenmeyer

18. Environmental Impacts—Marine Biogeochemistry
Bernd Schneider, Kari Eilola, Kaarina Lukkari, Bärbel Muller-Karulis, Thomas Neumann

19. Environmental Impacts—Marine Ecosystems
Markku Viitasalo, Thorsten Blenckner, Anna Gårdmark, Hermanni Kaartokallio, Lena Kautsky, Harri Kuosa, Martin Lindegren, Alf Norkko, Kalle Olli, Johan Wikner

20. Environmental Impacts—Coastal Erosion and Coastline Changes
Tomasz A. Łabuz

Part V. Socio-economic Impacts of Climate Change

21. Socio-economic Impacts—Forestry and Agriculture
Joachim Krug, Hillevi Eriksson, Claudia Heidecke, Seppo Kellomäki, Michael Köhl, Marcus Lindner, Kari Saikkonen

22. Socio-economic Impacts—Urban Complexes
Sonja Deppisch, Sirkku Juhola, Holger Janßen, Michael Richter

Part VI. Drivers of Regional Climate Change

23. Regional Evidence of Global Warming
Jonas Bhend

24. Causes of Regional Change—Aerosols
Hans-Christen Hansson, Jonas Bhend

25. Causes of Regional Change—Land Cover
Marie-José Gaillard, Thomas Kleinen, Patrick Samuelsson, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Johan Bergh, Jed Kaplan, Anneli Poska, Camilla Sandström, Gustav Strandberg, Anna-Kari Trondman, Anna Wramneby

Nyckelord: Earth Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences