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Bringing nature conservation into the construction industry © Minna Pekkonen New practices adopted within the construction industry have led to considerable improvements. Finlan......

Open environmental data for research purposes © SYKE/NASA/LC8 SYKE was the first research institute in Finland to open up its data banks to the public. Our metadata services mee......

Forerunner municipalities cut climate emissions by almost a third © Janne Ulvinen / YHA Finnish municipalities in the pioneering Carbon Neutral Municipalities (Hinku) network ha......

Tips on sustainable choices from the Baltic impacts calculator Food production accounts for about 60% of the average Finnish citizen’s eutrophication impacts on the Baltic marine environm......

Nature conservation administration improved in Central Balkan countries © Krista Kujala Central Balkan countries have lacked comprehensive information on local species and have ......

Arctic countries are preparing for local climate change © Ari Meriruoko In a changing climate, it is increasingly important to evaluate and monitor changes, even at local level.......

Promoting sustainability in urban growth © Serum Arkkitehdit Oy It is important to ensure that the structures of urban areas remain compact, in order to respond to climate chall......

Cyanobacterial blooms have increased especially in lakes of the Southern Finland. In sea areas, cyanobacterial blooms have been observed in the Gulf of Finland, Bothnian Sea and along the Southeastern......

In the Finnish open sea areas of the Baltic Sea, surface blooms of cyanobacteria are most intensive in the southern part of the Bothnian Sea.Cyanobacteria observations are continuing to increase in la......

Although more cyanobacteria have been reported in lakes than a week ago, cyanobacteria situation is typical for this time of August. In the Finnish open sea areas of the Baltic Sea, surface blooms of ......

In lakes, more observations of cyanobacteria have been made than last week, but the amount still remains less than the long-term average. Cyanobacterial blooms continue in several open sea areas and t......

Cyanobacteria are abundant in particular in the Finnish southwestern open sea areas of the Baltic Sea. In lakes, less cyanobacteria have been observed that generally at the end of July. Spores of rus......

Cool and windy weather has tempered cyanobacterial blooms. In lakes, the number of observed cyanobacterial blooms has even decreased since last week. Cyanobacteria are mixed in the water column in the......

The amount of cyanobacterial blooms has increased in the Finnish lakes. In Lake Pyykösjärvi near Oulu, a very abundant blooming has its second week ongoing. The longest blooming, ongoing six weeks, ......

The amount of cyanobacterial blooms has started to increase in the Finnish lakes, where even abundant blooms have been observed more than earlier during this summer. There are currently no cyanobacte......

Cyanobacterial abundances have been influenced by cool weather also this week. In inland waters a little over ten observations of low amounts of cyanobacteria have been made, as well as one observatio......

There are currently no cyanobacterial blooms in Finnish sea areas, which is typical for early summer. The cool weather has restrained blooms in inland waters also, and only one abundant cyanobacterial......

Cyanobacteria occurrence is still low which is a typical situation in early summer. Some cyanobacteria have been observed in five monitoring lake sites. In the coastal and open sea areas cyanobacteria......