Coastal and freshwater eutrophication

Data source provider

World Resources Institute (WRI)

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Macro-economic modelling, Product development, Scenario analysis

Data group

Pollution

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. United Nation Environmental Protection (UNEP)
2. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Eutrophication data- ug/l (micrograms per litre) or ppb (parts per billion)

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://resourcewatch.org/data/explore/wat041-Eutrophication-and-Hypoxia?section=Discover&selectedCollection=&zoom=3&lat=9.560512724099498&lng=95.76939174107056&pitch=0&bearing=0&basemap=dark&labels=light&layers=%255B%257B%2522dataset%2522%253A%2522a2f3ac57-e2ee-4512-8952-f00b417b6820%2522%252C%2522opacity%2522%253A1%252C%2522layer%2522%253A%2522b7529ae3-36cd-4404-b87c-811f5d0d8b44%2522%257D%255D&aoi=&page=1&sort=most-viewed&sortDirection=-1

Frequency

Decennial

Time series

1700-2000

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

The data represents 762 coastal areas impacted by eutrophication and/or hypoxia. There are 479 sites identified as experiencing hypoxia, 55 sites that once experienced hypoxia but are now improving, and 228 sites that experience other symptoms of eutrophication, including algal blooms, species loss, and impacts to coral reef assemblages.