***Accept cookies in order to see embedded videos.*** Poster: An integrated tool to assess the climate and health benefits of urban strategies and measures (pdf) . The poster was pres...

Black carbon is an important short-lived climate forcer (SLCF) with strong negative impact on the Arctic, e.g., by accelerating the melting of the ice. Black carbon is also an air pollutant which har...

© Photo: Riku Lumiaro Incomplete combustion of organic fuels results in emission of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) particles that contain both black carbon (BC), which has the stronges...

KATOA: Dust nuisances from streets and roads: Monitoring, Management and evaluation of the effectiveness of road dust emission reduction measures Objectives: Continue research on sour...

The formation as well as the mitigation measures of street dust have been extensively studied in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area for several years. However, the results and lessons learned from these ...

KALPA-3 Road Dust Sources, Emission Reduction Measures and Air Quality Impacts- Research Project Road dust emissions, sources, their effect on the air quality as well as mitigation measu...

According to the dissertation by Mikko Savolahti, a researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute, residential wood combustion causes 200 premature deaths in Finland each year. In addition, resident......

The IBA-project aims to assess black carbon (BC) in the Arctic and significance compared to dust sources for their climate impacts. Special focus is on Finland, Iceland and Russia including cryo...

The EU Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic is an initiative sponsored by the European Union to contribute to the development of collective responses to reduce black carbon emissions in the Arctic an...

The aim of the project is to create a new research-oriented business ecosystem covering actors from different areas of companies, research and authorities to create new in-depth knowledge ab...

Leading Researcher Title of Docent (Environmental Science), University of Jyväskylä PhD (analytical chemistry), University of Helsinki MSc (analytical chemistry), University of Helsi......

Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Helsinki 16.7. The experts of Finnish Environment Institute SYKE are available for the media to give more information on black carbon, climate change and on pro......

Researcher Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi   Tel.  +358 (0)295 251 592 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Circular economy solutions ......

Research engineer Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 498 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions Air pollut......

Picture: Tero Pajukallio Air pollution has severe negative impacts on human health and environment. Monetary value of these negative impacts for people and society can be assessed with va...

Senior research scientist D.Sc. (Tech.) Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.  +358 295 251 595 Finnish Environment Institute......

Senior scientist, group manager Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.  +358 295 251 264 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Climate solutions ......

Picture 1. Screenshot of emission map service. [http://www.syke.fi\emissionmap]. Air pollution emissions enter the atmosphere from multiple sources such as industry, transport and residen...

Photo: Minna-Kristiina Sassi In addition to carbon dioxide (CO2), many air pollutants, such as fine particles, also have a significant impact on the climate. Especially particulate matt...

Picture: Olli-Pekka Pietiläinen Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) evaluates air pollution emissions and their impacts on the climate, environment and human health. The evaluations are ...