It is anticipated that underwater noise will increase in the heavily trafficked Baltic Sea. Noise has harmful effects on marine ecosystems. Damage is particularly caused to marine mammals and fish th...

The mission of AlgaeProBANOS is to demonstrate viability and market accessibility for sustainable and innovative algae-based products and solutions in the Baltic and North Seas. Our vision is a ...

Phytoplankton is responsible for fixing dissolved inorganic carbon into organic matter via photosynthesis when present in water surfaces. Sinking phytoplankton cells transport phytoplankton-derived o...

The overall objective of this Horizon Europe funded project is to integrate and enhance existing observation efforts –including in-situ, satellite, modelling and citizen science – to better study the...

Researcher Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone: +358 295 252 125 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)  Nature solutions Marine ecology Lato......

  Zooplankton © Photo: Siru Tasala The BlueLights project aims to strengthen blue education, which involves marine and water literacy, in Europe by incorporating it ...

The project APRIORA aims to help prioritize urban wastewater treatment plants for enhanced micropollutant removal. The goal of the project is to produce a toolbox combining monitoring, modelli...

Figure 1. The DIWA co-operation, societal and economic impact (left) with the HYDRO-RI Platform infra with autonomous and remotely controlled survey and measuring platforms for studying hydrologi...

The BALTICITIES final event   22-23 May 2024, in Liepāja, Latvia. Load:  BALTICITIES Final event Programme 22.-23.5.2024  (PDF) Liepāja is a city in we...

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...

WSFS-Vemala (Vemala) The Vemala model is an operational, national scale nutrient loading model for Finnish watersheds (Huttunen et al., 2016). It simulates nutrient processes, leaching and tra...

Study examines the state of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, and their connections to the capacity of marine systems to produce ecosystem services, such as fishing and recreational opportunities. T......

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...

Postdoctoral researcher PhD in Aquatic Sciences, University of Helsinki Contact information Work email: dana.hellemann@syke.fi Phone number: 0295252288 Finnish environmen......

31 July– 5 August 2023: International Baltic Sea camp Tvärminne zoological station, Hanko, Finland Participants: Young people from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania The BALTICITIES...

The Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023: Full Programme The programme has been published on 28 June.  Please note, that program is still subject to changes. FULL PROGRAM ONL...

Researcher FT (Ecology and evolutionary biology) Contact details E-mail: forename.surname@syke.fi Telephone: +358 295 251 206 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Nature solut......

    Baltic Seashore Stories is a campaign organized by the Finnish Environment Institute and BALTICITIES project partners to raise awareness about the Baltic Sea environmen...

© Photos: Ilkka Lastumäki During 2023 the Finnish national research vessel Aranda opens doors to the public  in its home town Helsinki, Finland, and in three coastal cities: Klaipe...

EU’s directives, such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD) set requirements for the participating countries to monitor coastal and lakes areas with high frequency and coverage. The overarching obje...