Figure 1. Satellite image of Lake Näsijärvi in full ice cover in February 2023. Objectives  Exploiting the full potential of Copernicus (European Earth observation programme) da...

National cyanobacterial reviews are published weekly on Thursdays from June to the end of August. Cyanobacterial review provides a comprehensive overview of the state of cyanobacterial bloo...

Latest summary review Summary of the national blue-green algae monitoring June-August 2023: Varying blue-green algae summer both in lakes and at sea (sttinof.fi) (September 5, 2023) ...

Short address:  syke.fi/projects/DRYvER Background Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other aquatic environments are among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. They are also thos...

® Anja Holmsten The Finnish Environmental Institute (Syke) together with its national mirror committees draw up methods standards for the environmental field By appointment of the Fi...

Chemical weapons were produced and used in a large scale during the World Wars. According to official records, at least 50,000 tonnes of chemical warfare agents (CWA) contained in bombs, shells and o...

© Riku Lumiaro Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) strives to be a good workplace for everyone. Syke aims to be an organisation where no one is discriminated against on the basis of...

  PAPILLONS is an EU Horizon2020 funded project on micro and nano-plastics (MNP) resulting from the use of agricultural plastics in soil. PAPILLONS maps the occurrence of microp...

Our society is facing environmental problems of increasing complexity, such as climate change, urbanisation and global challenges related to sustainable development. In order to resolve these burning...

The “demand side” of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and producers of to low carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the decarbonization of energy and built environment that are th...

SYKE has long contributed to the development of the Barents area through various projects such as the EU-funded Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic (EUA-BCA) contributing to the development of c...

The draft National Water Strategy highlights several pressing challenges that need to be taken into account when developing water sector in Tajikistan. In the field of water quality monitoring the ma...

Green transition creates new pressures to land use in the Barents region. The project aims to promote biodiversity conversation and knowledge to support sustainble green transition.  T...

Youth camps 17– 21 July 2023: International Biodiversity and Climate camp Camping Milleri, Salacgrīva, Latvia Participants: Young people from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Or...

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...

Background Eutrophication of lakes results from excessive increase in nutrient concentrations, often phosphorus. Eutrophication weakens the ecological status of lakes, threatens lake habitat typ...