Florian Börgel

About

Dr. Florian Börgel is a climate scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) and leads the research group Large-Scale Circulation and North European Climate Variability. Flos work focuses on understanding how ocean-atmosphere interactions and regional climate variability influence the marine environment in the Baltic Sea region.

Research Interests

  • Baltic Sea and North European climate dynamics
  • High-resolution regional climate modeling
  • Ocean deoxygenation and marine heatwaves
  • AI methods in hydrological and climate prediction

Role in SEAGUARD

As the consortium lead of SEAGUARD, Florian leads the strategic and scientific direction of the initiative. He integrates AI-based modeling with climate simulations to identify and support seagrass restoration in the Baltic Sea.

Selected Publications

  • Börgel, F. et al. (2025). From weather data to river runoff: Leveraging spatiotemporal convolutional networks. Geoscientific Model Development. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2024-2685
  • Börgel, F. et al. (2023). The impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability on Baltic Sea temperatures limited to winter. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. doi:10.1038/s41612-023-00373-8
  • Gröger, M., Börgel, F., et al. (2024). Projected marine heatwave impact on herring habitats. Science of The Total Environment. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175756
  • Dutheil, C., Börgel, F., et al. (2022). Warming of Baltic Sea water masses since 1850. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-022-06628-z
  • Börgel, F., Frauen, C., Neumann, T., & Meier, H.E.M. (2020). Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation controls NAO impact on Northern Europe. Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aba925
  • Börgel, F., Meier, H.E.M., et al. (2023). Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last millennium. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1174039

SEAGUARD is funded by the  Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) on the basis of a decision of the German Bundestag.