Poll on BSR Pharma activities in 2024  Baltic Sea Pharma Platform (BSR Pharma) aims to disseminate current knowledge and information on pharmaceuticals in the environment, focusing on eff...

Increasing Climate Resilience of Zanzibar with Integrated Marine Management and Sustainable Blue Economy (BLUE-ZAN) builds on the institutional partnerships and results achieved within the earlier IC...

Eutrophication impacts the ecological state and ecosystem services provided by the Baltic Sea. So far there has been a limited set of measures to reduce phosphorus load from agriculture, which mai...

The project Re:Fish consists of 3 separate work packages (WPs).    The project aims to retrieve abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) of recreational fishing (WP1) and...

The objective of this project is to speed up the transition of the electricity system to be completely carbon-free in a cost-effective manner. Green energy transition highlights the need to switch to...

The challenges posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and harmful land-use are deeply interconnected. Successful co-managing of these drivers requires innovative methods that can prioritize and t...

This transdisciplinary project will create a new boundary concept, ‘sense of water’ (veden taju), to understand, recognize and foster collective care for water. The research will produce new kno...

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) has been developing several tools that can calculate and follow the environmental impacts of different subjects. Climate Diet - for citizens Clim...

Biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature are the foundation of human wellbeing. Natural processes guarantee that we have food, raw materials, clean water and air, and other prerequi...

Earth's water resources (video, 3 min) Air travel and its climate impact (video, 3 min) Air travel and climate - a Guide for Teachers (pdf)     ...

The goal of Finland and other Baltic Sea countries is to have a clean and thriving sea. However, various assessments have indicated that the state of the Baltic Sea is largely poor. One significant f...

    The participants of BSSC 2023 © Niina Talvensaari     ...

Figure 1. Satellite image of Lake Näsijärvi in full ice cover in February 2023. Objectives  Exploiting the full potential of Copernicus (European Earth observation programme) da...

During the summer 2024, national cyanobacterial reviews are published weekly on Thursdays from 20 June to 17 August. Cyanobacterial review provides a comprehensive overview of the state of ...

Latest summary review Summary of the national blue-green algae monitoring June-August 2023: Varying blue-green algae summer both in lakes and at sea (sttinof.fi) (September 5, 2023) ...

Short address:  syke.fi/projects/DRYvER Background Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other aquatic environments are among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. They are also thos...

® Anja Holmsten The Finnish Environmental Institute (Syke) together with its national mirror committees draw up methods standards for the environmental field By appointment of the Fi...

Chemical weapons were produced and used in a large scale during the World Wars. According to official records, at least 50,000 tonnes of chemical warfare agents (CWA) contained in bombs, shells and o...