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Ecosystem accounting, microplastics and cyanobacterial observation to be studied in new EU funded projects

News April 15 2021
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is starting more than ten new EU projects this year. The projects tackle a wide range of questions, including ecosystem accounting, microplastics in agricultural land and cyanobacteria monitoring using satellite observation. The projects represent well SYKE’s versatile research into a wide range of environmental issues

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