German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has warned that the Baltic Sea region is becoming a dangerous geopolitical hotspot.

Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

Young salmon in central Sweden must endure a gauntlet to migrate from their freshwater spawning grounds to the Baltic Sea. Their 17½-mile route along the Dal River is rife with danger, from ...

Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea fascinate not only divers but also those intrigued by the legends of hidden treasures inside these sunken vessels. However, some are a headache for environmentalists ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

In just three months, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place. While accidential cable slices are common, the cluster raises suspicion.

Authorities discovered a haul of cocaine worth $15 million at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the Poland's border guard said on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Poland Border Guard ...

After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with ...

A number of cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea have been damaged since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On December 25, the Estlink 2 high-voltage power cable, ...

A pair of Chinese navy ships were escorted into the Baltic Sea by NATO vessels on Saturday local time as they steamed toward the Russian city of St. Petersburg for this year's Navy Day celebrations.

Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russia-linked vessel that has ...