The Baltic Sea is suffocating: on eutrophication, european farmers and agricultural policies

The Baltic Sea is suffocating: on eutrophication, european farmers and agricultural policies

The coastal waters of Öland, an island located off the Swedish coast, are periodically covered by algal bloom. The problem is not only aesthetic: they can be poisonous. This is a problem that affects the entire Baltic Sea and calls into question European agricultural policies and what it prioritises.