Satellite Monitoring of the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Construction in the Gulf of Finland

The Kurgalsky Nature Complex Reserve is located in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region, 45 km northwest of Kingisepp. The territory of the reserve includes the Kurgalsky peninsula, as well as the adjacent waters of the Gulf of Finland. The Kader swamp massif is located in the south of the Kurgalsky Peninsula. The state of the autochthonous vegetation cover of the Kader swamp was considered in connection with the laying of the main gas pipeline under «the Nord Stream–2» project. The revealed high diversity of desmids (48 species), as well as their abundance, the frequency of occurrence and the presence of species rare in other habitats of the Leningrad region, indicates the inviolability of the freshwater algae flora, favorable environmental conditions in water bodies and the absence of anthropogenic transformation of the studied territory.

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Variety and vulnerability of waterbird community in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland in the zone of «Nordstream» marine gas pipeline

2014 IEEE/OES Baltic International Symposium (BALTIC) ◽

10.1109/baltic.2014.6887863 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. Shilin ◽

A. Chusov ◽

J. Lednova ◽

S. Kouzov

Keyword(s):

Gas Pipeline ◽

Gulf Of Finland ◽

The Gulf Of Finland

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New Russia sanctions may strain EU-US relations

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db222426 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Gulf Of Finland ◽

Content Type ◽

Nord Stream ◽

Energy Companies ◽

The Gulf Of Finland

Significance The unilateral move is raising concerns in Europe that EU energy companies could be sanctioned and that transatlantic unity on sanctions could be jeopardised. Impacts The bill could cause a further deterioration in US-Russian ties and weaken Trump’s ability to improve relations with Moscow. Less EU-US coordination on sanctions could bring internal EU divisions to the fore. Apart from Nord Stream 2, the sanctions could also affect the Blue Stream pipeline and a liquified natural gas plant in the Gulf of Finland.

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Nord Stream route development 2005–2008 on the example of the Gulf of Finland

2008 IEEE/OES US/EU-Baltic International Symposium ◽

10.1109/baltic.2008.4625569 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Simon Bonnell

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Finland ◽

Nord Stream ◽

The Gulf Of Finland

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Heavy metals in sediments of the Gulf of Finland : a review

Baltica ◽

10.5200/baltica.2017.30.05 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 47-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emelyan Emelyanov ◽

Henry Vallius ◽

Victor Kravtsov

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Soviet Union ◽

Gulf Of Finland ◽

Sediment Chemistry ◽

Recent Sediment ◽

The North ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Nord Stream ◽

Cadmium And Lead ◽

The Gulf Of Finland

The Gulf of Finland has during the last centuries been loaded with heavy metals of anthropogenic origin. Work with mapping of the chemistry of the sediments have been done in all surrounding countries during several decades, first in the Soviet Union and later in Russia and similarly in Finland. More recent sediment chemistry data from the last two decades was in this study combined into sediment chemistry maps added with some data from the commercial Nord Stream project. The result shows that zinc, copper and chromium are enriched in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, while mercury, cadmium and lead are showing the highest concentrations in the north- eastern part of the gulf.

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