Gotska Sandön has long been regarded as a lonely and desolate place where people only occasionally hunted seals. But recent archaeological investigations reveal a considerably more complex history.

A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) was able to revive dormant stages of algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost 7,000 years ago.

Divers exploring the bottom of the Baltic Sea discovered an ancient wreck in 1971. The wreck turned out to be the Gribshunden, a royal Danish ship from the late medieval period, when naval power was ...

Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 years ago. Although it was without light or oxygen for thousands of years, it ...

A research team was able to revive dormant stages of algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost 7,000 years ago. Dormancy allows many organisms, from bacteria to mammals, to survive harsh ...