Summary of the national blue-green algae monitoring June-August 2023: Varying blue-green algae summer both in lakes and at sea (sttinfo.fi)

© Riku Lumiaro

Press release 2023-09-06
During the summer, the blue-green algae situation varied due to changes in weather conditions. The blue-green algae blooms became more abundant with warm weather following Midsummer. The peak of the observations was reached in lakes and on the coast in mid-July. In the open sea, the blue-green algae season began at the end of June.

Syke’s Research director Eeva Primmer joins the board of an international science-policy platform

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Press release 2023-09-04
Finland has received a new important position of trust at the heart of biodiversity conservation. Professor Eeva Primmer, Research director at the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), has been elected to the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

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