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Algal bloom monitoring June 14, 2018: In lakes cyanobacteria have increased, on the southern coast local blooms
Cyanobacterial blooms have since last week increased in lakes in Southern and Central Finland. In Finnish open sea areas no cyanobacterial blooms have been observed, but on the southern coast local bl...
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2018-06-14
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Algal bloom monitoring June 7, 2018: This year's cyanobacterial bloom monitoring has started - 20 years of Finnish algal situation reporting
The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has this week started its annual cyanobacterial bloom situation reporting. In lakes only small amounts of cyanobacteria have been observed at a few locations. In...
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2018-06-07
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Microlitter – a challenge for wastewater treatment plants
M.Sc. Julia Talvitie’s doctoral dissertation indicates that wastewater treatment plants function well for microlitter removal, but the environmental burden caused by microlitter could still be reduced...
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2018-05-15
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Climate models predict changes to flows and biota of northern rivers
The habitats of species in Finland's rivers will move northward as climate change causes temperatures to rise. In addition, seasonal fluctuation in the flow of rivers will become more irregular than i...
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2018-03-20
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The number of oil discharges observed at sea has further decreased
Fewer illegal oil discharges in sea areas were reported to the Finnish authorities in 2017 than in the previous year. There were 44 oil discharges in 2017, compared to 48 in 2016.
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2018-03-07
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International Arctic oil spill response exercise and seminar will be arranged in Oulu 7-8 March
International Arctic oil recovery exercise will be held 7 March at the Bay of Bothnia off the coast of Oulu City in Northern Finland. All interested are welcome to follow the exercise in real time vid...
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2018-03-01
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Efficient nutrient recycling calls for a policy reform
According to a recent Finnish study, efficient utilisation of nutrients requires a policy reform. Normative guidance should better support the processing of organic side streams, such as manure, into ...
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2017-10-20
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Summary of algal bloom monitoring 2017: Plenty of cyanobacteria in sea areas during July-August, but fewer observations of cyanobacteria than usual in lakes
The algal situation in early summer was calm and cyanobacteria started to become more abundant only in July. In sea areas, cyanobacteria occurred abundantly especially in the northern Baltic proper a...
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2017-08-31
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New method of sea bottom remediation to be studied in Töölö Bay
The sea bottom near cities is often damaged by harmful substances introduced through human activity. The same environments also often suffer from eutrophication. A research project is being carried o...
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2017-08-11
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Significant blue-green algae blooms possible in Finnish marine areas during 2017 summer
The risk for vast blue-green algae blooms in the Gulf of Finland is greater than during previous years. The exceptional nutritional conditions are caused partially by major Baltic inflows from the Nor...
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2017-06-01
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Flood Centre warnings now available in the renewed Weather application
The renewed Weather application allows you to access five-day weather and flood warnings on your mobile device. The service is part of cooperation between the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) an...
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2017-04-10
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Real-time monitoring of oil compounds installed in Tallinn-Stockholm ferry
The EU-funded project GRACE has launched a system for real-time monitoring of oil compounds in open seawater. This kind of technology could have a great potential onboard on many types of vessels that...
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2017-03-24
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Microplastics – a risk to inland and marine waters in Finland
The state of Finland’s inland and marine waters has generally improved significantly over recent decades, thanks to effective water protection measures. But our waters are still under threat due to fa...
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2017-03-21
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Number of oil discharges observed at sea have remained nearly unchanged
In 2016, the number of suspected illegal discharges of oil reported to Finnish authorities remained almost unchanged compared to the previous year. Eventually, 48 of the discharges were confirmed to b...
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2017-03-15
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SYKE helped to develop hydrological services in the Andes
Finnish experts helped countries in the Andes region to develop their water, climate and weather services. Over the course of the multi-year project, progress was made in cooperation between the count...
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2017-03-14
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The new calculator shows how consumption contributes to nutrient pollution in the Baltic Sea
With the calculator developed by the Finnish Environment Institute and the Natural Resources Institute Finland, consumers can determine the impacts of their consumption habits on nutrient pollution in...
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2017-02-03
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Five-day weather and flood warnings available in the new service
Flood warnings from the Finnish Environment Institute have been added to the service of Finnish Meteorological Institute as a new warning type. The only flood warnings shown on the warning map are dan...
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2017-02-01
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Underwater noise in the Baltic Sea a risk for fish and marine mammals
Underwater noise in the Baltic Sea has been measured for the first time. According to an international project led by the Finnish Environment Institute, the level of human-introduced underwater noise ...
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2017-01-25
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Smart Buoy will bring real time measurement of oil in Artic area conditions to oil spill response
The new smart navigation ice buoy system will deliver real-time data on oil in water especially in cold climate conditions. It will help environmental and oil response authorities to monitor marine en...
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2016-11-15
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Lake brownification and eutrophication decrease the content of essential fatty acids in fish used in human diets
Eutrophication and brownification change phytoplankton community structure and decrease production of essential omega-3 fatty acids in lakes. Perch growing in oligotrophic clear-water lakes contain 1....
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2016-09-30
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