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Doctoral dissertation: Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides The addition of carbon, which is required as a nutrient by the microorganisms in soil and groundwater, was found to be the most promising remediation method in the remediation of soil and groundwater ...	2015-02-10
Comprehensive overview of Gulf of Finland based on joint survey by Finland, Estonia and Russia Finland, Estonia and Russia have conducted an exceptionally extensive survey of the Gulf of Finland, covering the entire sea area as part of the Gulf of Finland Year 2014.	2015-02-03
A cleaner Gulf of Finland would provide tens of millions of euros in recreational benefits annually Improving the state of the Gulf of Finland would benefit the recreational use of coastal properties by over 50 million euros annually. The greatest benefits would come from the decrease of algal bloom...	2015-01-15
The oxygen situation improved in the Baltic proper, the algae levels in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland are the lowest they have been in the 2000s The oxygen situation of the southern and central parts of the Baltic proper have improved, but the oxygen situation on the deep open-sea floors of the Gulf of Finland have continued to deteriorate sin...	2014-09-11
Toxins produced by a harmful planktonic microalgae accumulate in the food web – the amount of algae and their toxins must be monitored Alexandrium ostenfeldii © Daniel Eriksson A peculiar optical phenomenon, a turquoise glow of the sea in late summer nights, has increasingly raised the attention of residents, ...	2014-06-10
Algae prognosis: considerable risk of blue-green algal blooms in some of Finland's sea areas According to the algae prognosis from the Finnish Environment Institute’s Marine Research Centre, the risk of blue-green algal blooms is moderate in the western part of the Gulf of Finland, the Finnis...	2014-06-05
Joint Finnish-Swedish surveillance operation found no oil spills in the Baltic Sea Finnish and Swedish aircraft found no oil spills in the Baltic Sea during the intensive surveillance operation carried out on Monday. The aircraft patrolled the Gulf of Finland and the central Baltic ...	2014-06-04
New marine research station for the island of Utö A unique marine research station is near completion on the island of Utö. IT will produce real time research information from under the sea, its surface, and the air year-round and around the clock. T...	2014-04-29
Latest IPCC report: Climate change poses risks to the well-being of nature and people – but there are ways of mitigating these risks The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has approved the second part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, at the IPCC ...	2014-04-28
Environmental impacts of the financial crisis evident The prolonged financial crisis that began in 2008 has evidently affected the environment in Finland, according to a report on the State of the Environment in Finland 2013 freshly published by SYKE. Th...	2014-02-05
Finland and Estonia held oil spill response exercise off the coast of Kotka Finnish and Estonian authorities held an oil spill response exercise off the coast of Kotka on Tuesday 27 August. The related exercise scenario involved a grounded oil tanker, with 30,000 tonnes of cr...	2013-08-28
Results of water samples taken in Poland indicate significant phosphorous leakages from phosphogypsum stacks Press release by the Ministry of the Environment and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) In June, the Ministers of the Environment of Poland and Finland agreed on a joint sampling mission...	2013-07-17
Lighter meals for fish in the northern Baltic Sea The nutrition available for fish in the northern Baltic Sea has become lighter during the past 30 years. ”The amount of energy available for planktivorous organisms has declined after the late 1...	2013-06-13
Estonia and Finland in oil spill prevention exercise off Paldiski in Estonia An exercise in oil spill prevention and response involving Estonia and Finland was held in the sea area off Paldiski on 29 May 2013. The Puhas Meri 2013 exercise organised by Estonia covered the testi...	2013-05-30
Oil spill surveillance operation by three states detects no oil spills A surveillance flight operation conducted by Finland, Sweden and Estonia last Friday did not discover any verified oil spills in the Northern Baltic Sea. On the other hand, the planes reported two oth...	2013-05-17

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