The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
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Published: 2020-08-28
The chemical status of Finnish lakes, rivers, and coastal waters has not yet improved, despite the concentrations of several chemicals falling below the limits set for them (EQS - Environmental Qualit......
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The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
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The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
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The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Published: 2020-08-24
Microplastics are found in all water systems and in fish, bivalve molluscs and benthic fauna. Microplastics cause stress to the aquatic organisms and may expose them to harmful substances. These were ......
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Microplastics are found in all waters, quantities in aquatic organisms and fish vary
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Doctoral dissertation: Spring bloom dynamics in the Baltic Sea: From the environment to macroelements and microbial interactions
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Published: 2020-08-12
Global warming changes the composition of phytoplankton in marine ecosystems, also in the Baltic Sea. There has been the recently observed shift in the phytoplankton community composition during the B......
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Doctoral dissertation: Spring bloom dynamics in the Baltic Sea: From the environment to macroelements and microbial interactions
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Algal rafts, water temperature, ice extent – Finnish Environment Institute is a European forerunner in the use of satellites
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Published: 2020-07-24
The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE monitors the state of the environment with the help of satellite technology and is a European forerunner in the efficient use of satellites. The TARKKA service, ......
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Algal rafts, water temperature, ice extent – Finnish Environment Institute is a European forerunner in the use of satellites
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Sea
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Published: 2022-01-20
Tackling dispersed microplastics
Mapping the treasures of the sea to better protect them
Developing oil spill response
Gulf of Finland co-operation
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Online seminar: Baltic Sea Science Synthesized – Time to Take Evidence-based Actions for the Well-being of the Sea and People
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Event starts: 2020-06-16
Save the date! This online seminar held on the 16th of June 2020 is your opportunity to learn how three BONUS Synthesis Projects synthesized existing science, what they found, and how this knowledge c......
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MarineFinland.fi - The treasure trove of Finnish marine data now available in English
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Published: 2020-06-04
Everything you wanted to know about the Baltic Sea is now gathered in one place. Go to MarineFinland.fi to find real-time data from the sea and the best places to visit. Or maybe you want to learn mor......
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The risk of cyanobacterial blooms in the Finnish sea areas is considerable or moderate – the summer weather determines the actual situation
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Published: 2020-06-04
In average summer weather conditions, the risk of algae is moderate in the northern part of the main basin of the Baltic Sea, a major part of the Archipelago Sea and in the southern part of the Bothni......
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The risk of cyanobacterial blooms in the Finnish sea areas is considerable or moderate – the summer weather determines the actual situation
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The risk of cyanobacterial blooms in the Finnish sea areas is considerable or moderate – the summer weather determines the actual situation
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The risk of cyanobacterial blooms in the Finnish sea areas is considerable or moderate – the summer weather determines the actual situation
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The risk of cyanobacterial blooms in the Finnish sea areas is considerable or moderate – the summer weather determines the actual situation
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Road traffic is a significant source of microplastics
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Published: 2020-03-24
A report compiled by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has produced a clearer picture of litter in the Finnish marine environment. On beaches close to residential areas 90% of the litter visible ......
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Road traffic is a significant source of microplastics
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Jouni Lehtoranta
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Published: 2020-03-12
Senior Scientist
PhD (Limnology, University of Helsinki)
Docentship (Aquatic sciences, University of Helsinki)
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Published: 2019-04-12
Summarizing publications
Recommendations for maritime spatial planning for sustainable blue economies (pdf)
Newsletter 4 In English (pdf) and In E...
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Research cruises 2020
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Published: 2019-12-19
Research Vessel Aranda's research cruises in 2020.
Aranda and research cruises
21.01.2020 - 08.02.2020 Chemical and physical monitoring of the Baltic Sea (COMBINE 1).
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Novel Methods database
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Published: 2019-10-29
Novel marine monitoring methods can improve environmental monitoring by supplementing or replacing currently applied methods. BONUS FUMARI has published a database that helps to find information on n...
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Recent monitoring results: Areas suffering from oxygen depletion in the Gulf of Finland have increased from last summer
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Published: 2019-09-06
In the Gulf of Finland, the areas suffering from oxygen depletion have expanded from last summer. The anoxic areas in the Baltic Proper are approximately similar in size than in the autumn of 2018, wh......
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Recent monitoring results: Areas suffering from oxygen depletion in the Gulf of Finland have increased from last summer
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Recent monitoring results: Areas suffering from oxygen depletion in the Gulf of Finland have increased from last summer
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Recent monitoring results: Areas suffering from oxygen depletion in the Gulf of Finland have increased from last summer
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Events and meetings
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Published: 2017-02-20
Step 1. Stocktaking, October 2016 – March 2017
Kick-off meeting / December 2016
(Helsinki, Finland). Kick-off program...
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Assessment of the status of Finland’s waters: Status of lakes and rivers about the same as before, coastal waters have deteriorated
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Published: 2019-08-27
A new assessment of the ecological status of surface waters in Finland shows that 87% of the surface area of our lakes and 68% of our rivers are in good or very good condition. Eutrophication is still......
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Assessment of the status of Finland’s waters: Status of lakes and rivers about the same as before, coastal waters have deteriorated
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Assessment of the status of Finland’s waters: Status of lakes and rivers about the same as before, coastal waters have deteriorated
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Assessment of the status of Finland’s waters: Status of lakes and rivers about the same as before, coastal waters have deteriorated
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Assessment of the status of Finland’s waters: Status of lakes and rivers about the same as before, coastal waters have deteriorated
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Warming in the Baltic Sea area increases blue-green algae blooms
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Published: 2019-07-25
Since 1990, the Baltic Sea has on average warmed by almost 2 °C, Finnish sea areas even more than that. Nutrient pollution has continued to visibly decrease on this millennium but the surface area of ......
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Janne Ropponen
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Published: 2019-07-04
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Marine and Freshwater Solutions, Modelling
Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
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Published: 2018-10-02
Newsletter 4 in September 2019 (pdf): In English / In Estonian
Newsletter 3 in June 2019 (pdf): In English / In Estonian
Newsletter 2...
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Blue economy and economic analysis
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Published: 2019-06-20
Final conference 4–5 June 2019
Riitta Pöntynen, University of Turku
"In the first session on blue economy and economic analysis, we focused on the drivers and the alternative future ...
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