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Director General Lea Kauppi selected as one of the top experts for the Horizon Europe

News, July 31, 2019
Director General, Professor Lea Kauppi from Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has been nominated as a member of the Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters for the Horizon Europe. Read more

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Cascading impacts: Mitigation and adaptation need to go hand in hand

Climate change effects are already being felt worldwide and are likely to amplify in the course of the next century, given current indications of insufficient emissions cuts. This raises the question of how impacts of climate change may be felt beyond the places where they are first recorded. Ever since acid rain, long range transboundary pollution has been an issue. Climate change is transboundary, but how do the cascading impacts appear and how should we address them?

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Algal Bloom Monitoring August 22, 2019: Cyanobacterial blooms have decreased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes 2019-08-22

Report: Shift to climate-friendly diet requires a systemic change 2019-08-21

Hymenoptera threatened by overgrowth 2019-08-21

Algal Bloom Monitoring, August 15 2019: Cyanobacteria situation calm both in the Finnish sea areas and in lakes 2019-08-15

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Cyanobacterial blooms have decreased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes (August 22)

Warming in the Baltic Sea area increases blue-green algae blooms (Press release 25.7.2019)

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Environmental drug load can be reduced
As the use of pharmaceuticals increases, increasing amounts of drug residues end up in sewage treatment plants. They can be harmful for fish, for example, and they can end up in soil through the utilization of wastewater sludge. Read more: Environmental drug load can be reduced

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Machine vision against invasive alien species

Machine vision is used to identify and map invasive alien plant species by utilising a method developed by SYKE and its partners. Using machine vision, it is possible to save thousands of euros when alien species are detected in time and the establishment of viable populations is prevented. More

Events

International Marine Ecosystem Accounting Workshop 10 October 2019 2019-10-10 at 10:00
This workshop is a unique opportunity to learn how Natural Capital Accounting could support various marine policies.

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PEER NETWORK

Partnership for European Environmental Research

Selection of scientific articles

Impact of low emissions vehicles on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Japan

Energy Policy, Volume 130, July 2019

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