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Algal rafts, water temperature, ice extent – Finnish Environment Institute is a European forerunner in the use of satellites
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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2020-07-24
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Algal bloom monitoring July 23, 2020: Cyanobacteria occurrences have slightly increased in lakes, in sea areas cyanobacteria are mostly mixed in the water due to strong winds
Cyanobacteria have been observed in both sea areas and lakes. In the sea areas, cyanobacteria are mostly mixed in the water due to strong winds. In the coastal areas, cyanobacteria have been observed...
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2020-07-23
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Algal bloom monitoring July 16, 2020: Cyanobacteria occurrences have increased both in lakes and sea areas
In both sea areas and lakes cyanobacteria has been observed more than during the last week. Although, when comparing this week to the previous summers’ same period of times, the cyanobacteria occurren...
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2020-07-16
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Algal bloom monitoring July 9, 2020: Cyanobacteria situation is calm both in Finnish lakes and sea areas
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The cyanobacteria situation has stayed moderate both in Finnish lakes and sea areas. Windy and cloudy weather have carried on to restrain the occurrences. The ...
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2020-07-09
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Efficient waste water treatment processes can help reduce the pharmaceutical load released into the environment
The load of active pharmaceutical ingredients released into the environment can be reduced by treating waste water at primary sources, such as hospitals, healthcare institutes, households and pharmace...
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2020-07-06
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Algal bloom monitoring July 2, 2020: Occurrence of cyanobacteria has decreased in both Finnish sea areas and in lakes
Less cyanobacteria have been observed at national algae monitoring sites as compared to last week. Windy and cloudy weather has restrained the occurrence of cyanobacteria both in the Finnish sea areas...
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2020-07-02
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Algal bloom monitoring June 25, 2020: The amounts of cyanobacteria have increased in both Finnish sea areas and in lakes
This week, in both Finnish sea areas and in inland waters, greater amounts of cyanobacteria have been observed as compared to last week. The warm weather period in June has promoted the growth of cyan...
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2020-06-25
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Algal bloom monitoring June 18, 2020: Increasing numbers of cyanobacteria during Midsummer week
During the Midsummer week, cyanobacteria have started to occur in increasing numbers both in lakes and in the southern and southwestern parts of Finnish sea areas. The exceptionally warm weather in Ju...
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2020-06-18
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Algal bloom monitoring June 11, 2020: Cyanobacterial occurrences have slightly increased both in Finnish sea areas and in lakes
The cyanobacterial situation has not notably changed from that of last week; the number of observed cyanobacterial occurrences have merely slightly increased in southern Finland in both Baltic Sea wat...
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2020-06-11
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Algal bloom monitoring June 4, 2020: Some cyanobacterial blooms in the sea areas, scarce observations of cyanobacterial blooms in lakes
The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has started this week its cyanobacterial bloom reporting for the summer 2020. In the Finnish sea areas some cyanobacteria have been observed locally. In lakes, o...
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2020-06-04
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Summary of algal bloom monitoring June-August 2019: Cyanobacteria were mostly mixed in the water in the Finnish sea areas, in lakes the cyanobacteria situation varied a lot
During the past summer, large amounts of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) were seen particularly in the northern part of the Baltic Sea’s main basin, at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland and south o...
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2019-08-29
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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
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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2019-08-27
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Algal bloom monitoring August 22, 2019: Cyanobacterial blooms have decreased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes
Since last week, the amount of cyanobacterial blooms has decreased both in the Finnish sea areas and lakes.
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2019-08-22
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Algal bloom monitoring, August 15 2019: Cyanobacteria situation calm both in the Finnish sea areas and in lakes
Cool and unstable weather has restrained cyanobacteria occurrence both in the Finnish Sea areas and in lakes. In the sea areas cyanobacteria can still be found in the deeper water layers, and also som...
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2019-08-15
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Algal bloom monitoring August 8, 2019: Cyanobacteria occurrence still continues in the Finnish sea areas, in lakes less cyanobacteria observed than typically this time of summer
Observations reveal a large surface cyanobacteria bloom in the Baltic Proper that extends north close to Finnish coastal areas. Blooms have also been reported in the southern part of the Bothnian Sea....
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2019-08-08
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Algal bloom monitoring August 1, 2019: Cool and windy weather has slowed down the growth of the cyanobacteria in Finnish sea areas and lakes
The cooler and windier weather this week has slowed down the growth of the cyanobacteria and kept them mixed in water. Cyanobacterial blooms have declined in the Baltic Sea as well as in lakes since l...
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2019-08-01
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Algal bloom monitoring July 25, 2019: Cyanobacteria have further increased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes
The amount of cyanobacteria has increased since last week, and it may continue to increase if the weather stays warm.
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2019-07-25
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Algal bloom monitoring July 18, 2019: Cyanobacteria have increased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes
In the Southern and South-Western Finnish sea areas, amount of cyanobacteria has increased since last week, and cyanobacteria are mostly mixed in the water column. Amount of cyanobacteria has increase...
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2019-07-18
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Algal bloom monitoring July 11, 2019: Amount of cyanobacteria has increased in the sea areas, in the lakes the amount of cyanobacteria is less than usually
Amount of cyanobacteria has increased in the Southern and South-Western Finnish sea areas. In lakes, amount of cyanobacteria is lower than usually during this time of the summer.
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2019-07-11
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Algal bloom monitoring July 4, 2019: Cyanobacteria situation is typical in lakes, only few observations in the Finnish sea areas
Poor weather conditions have had an effect on algal bloom development. In Finnish fresh waters the situation regarding cyanobacteria is normal for the period. In our marine waters cyanobacterial bloom...
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2019-07-04
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