European Environment Agency's home page

Write to us

For the public:

For media and journalists:

Contact EEA staff

Contact the web team

FAQ

(a) Volume of oil spilled per cause (b) type of causes of accidents (for accidents above 7 tonnes per spill) in European Seas, 1990-2007: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
50 years of protecting Europe's environment: Today the European Union has the most environmentally friendly arsenal of rules in the world and has done more to tackle pressing ecological problems, such as climate change, than any other major power. But it has not always been like this. Caring for the environment did not feature in the Treaty of Rome, the document that gave birth to the modern day EU. Yet environmental problems were never far away. Europe’s love affair with the car was moving into top gear, industry was busy belching out pollutants and raw sewage was being pumped into our rivers and seas.
Located in Environmental topics › Policy instruments › Multimedia
Accidental tanker oil spills (above 7 tonnes per spill), European seas: Oil spilt in an incident includes all oil lost to the environment, including that which is burnt or remains in a sunken vessel
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Aggregated assessment of hazardous substances in biota measured in the North East Atlantic, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Sea; 1998-2010: The figure consists of seven maps showing the four regional seas, one map for each contaminant. Each map shows the locations where the contaminant was measured, and coloured to indicate which class was registered; green (Low concentration), yellow (Moderate concentration) or red (High concentration). In addition a pie chart is presented on the map showing the percent of each class within each of the four regional seas. Furthermore, any regional trend for a particular class is indicated by an arrow.
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Aggregated assessment of hazardous substances in biota measured in the North East Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean Sea: The pies show the proportion of stations on map with low (green), moderate (yellow) and high (red) concentrations in the latest monitoring year for each of the seven hazardous substances. In the case of the three metals the boundary between moderate and high is set using foodstuff limits. The arrow indicates the general trend for each category where one can be identified
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Annual sea surface temperature (SST) deviations averaged over the northern hemisphere: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Anomalies in Northern Hemisphere average sea surface temperature from HadSST2: HadSST2 = Hadley Centre sea surface temperature data set
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Aquaculture production (marine and brackish; thousand tonnes) in 1970-2002 in the Mediterranean Sea: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Arctic sea ice (CLIM 010) - Assessment published Sep 2008: The extent of the sea ice in the Arctic has declined at an accelerating rate, especially in summer. The record low ice cover in September 2007 was roughly half the size of the normal minimum extent in the 1950s. The summer ice is projected to continue to shrink and may even disappear at the height of the summer melt season in the coming decades. There will still be substantial ice in winter. Reduced polar ice will speed up global warming and is expected to affect ocean circulation and weather patterns. Species specialised for life in the ice are threatened. Less ice will ease access to the Arctic's resources. Oil and gas exploration, shipping, tourism and fisheries will offer new economic opportunities, but also increase pressures and risks to the Arctic environment.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Arctic sea ice
Area of multi-year Arctic sea ice in March 1957-2007: Note: The area of thick, multi-year sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is decreasing
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs