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Baltic Sea winter monitoring cruise: phosphate content reaches record levels (sttinfo.fi)

The marine research vessel Aranda braking ice at sea, January 2024.
The marine research vessel Aranda at sea, January 2024. © Ilkka Lastumäki

Press release 10.4.2024
The annual winter monitoring cruise of the marine research vessel Aranda revealed that the oxygen problems of the main basin of the Baltic Sea continue and that phosphate levels in the surface layer have increased. 

Competitive tendering starts for oil removal from the Ilmarinen shipwreck (sttinfo.fi)

The 3D image generated of the Ilmarinen shipwreck for the oil removal shows that the wreck is upside down on the seabed.
© Miia Farstad / Finnish Environment Institute

Press release 12.2.2024
The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) is launching the competitive tendering for removing the oil from the wrecked coastal defence ship Ilmarinen. The tendering process is part of Syke’s statutory monitoring of high-risk shipwrecks.

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Paula Kivimaa and Eeva Primmer: Finland needs positive security

On the eve of Finland´s 106th Independence Day on 6 December 2023, it is a good time to consider ways for us Finns to maintain and strengthen our feeling of security, an ability to function and our resilience during both crises and good times, write Paula kivimaa ja Eeva Primmer in their Ratkaisuja blog.

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