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The climate impacts of the Nord Stream gas leak are expected to be clearly more significant than the impacts on marine nature – the risk of chemical weapons dumped in the area will be investigated
The methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is a powerful greenhouse gas with a significantly greater climate impact than the same amount of carbon dioxide. However, the direct impacts ...
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2022-09-30
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Mining in shallow marine areas endangers sustainability goals
According to a study, mining in shallow marine areas conflicts with international conservation and sustainability goals, bringing with it great environmental risks.
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2022-09-20
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Experts predict top emerging impacts on ocean biodiversity
Marine and coastal ecosystems are under unprecedented change globally, mainly attributed to already recognized human-induced factors such as overexploitation of ocean resources, climate change and env...
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2022-09-12
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Green filamentous algae are fouling fishing nets along the coast of the Gulf of Finland
The Finnish Environment Institute has in March-April received reports of algae fouling fishing nets under ice on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Fouling has been exceptionally intense this spring in...
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2022-04-26
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SYKE’s vision is Sustainability Transformation!
Finland is one of the top countries in overconsumption. Our unsustainable lifestyle accelerates biodiversity loss and climate change – two of the most pressing environmental crises of our time. Along ...
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2021-11-03
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We already have climate solutions – How can Finland meet the challenges set by the IPCC report?
The report on the Physical Science Basis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published on Monday states that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate ex...
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2021-08-13
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FINMARI and INAR RI both granted a status on the Finland’s national roadmap for research infrastructures
FINMARI and INAR RI, two key research infrastructures for the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, have been granted a status on the Finland’s national roadmap for research infrastructures.
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2020-12-11
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Policy brief: How green will a bioeconomy be for our Nordic water resources?
In the future, our world may increasingly rely on renewable biomass resources for the provision of food, fodder, fibre and fuel. How this transition to bioeconomy will affect Nordic water resources, i...
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2020-11-06
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Sea-ice loss disrupts Arctic Ocean ecosystems and biogeochemistry
A new review paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change on the ecosystem consequences of the loss of Arctic sea-ice highlights the need for the creation of new research knowledge to support ...
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2020-11-02
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Microalgae, which keep the planet alive, have more complex and fascinating life than we have known
Single-celled algae are traditionally thought to reproduce simply by asexual cell division. Lumi Haraguchi´s discovery proves otherwise.
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2020-09-17
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Good news from the sea, but there is still cause for concern
The load of nutrients and dangerous substances is decreasing in all European maritime areas, but the impacts caused by the load have not yet been averted. Similarly, most fish stocks are beginning to ...
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2020-03-03
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Europe’s state of the environment 2020: change of direction urgently needed
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest ‘State of the Environment’ report published on 4th of December 2019 states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency.
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2019-12-05
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AlyVesi -project using 5G and machine learning in real time
Video from a drone, computer vision and superfast 5G connections were harnessed for monitoring the Baltic Sea in a trial conducted in Kirkkonummi.
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2019-08-30
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Director General Lea Kauppi selected as one of the top experts for the Horizon Europe
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...
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2019-07-31
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Problem solving in Zanzibar with the expertise of the Finnish Environment Institute
Underwater nature of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is spectacular with its coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests. Marine life is however facing severe threats as coastal zone is affected by increas...
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2019-07-02
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New status report shows that further measures are needed to improve the state of the sea
The Finnish Environment Institute has published an extensive information package about the status of Finland’s marine environment. The new report about the status of Finland’s marine environment is pu...
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2018-12-27
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Finnish environmental experts available during the #Helsinki2018 Summit
Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Helsinki 16.7. The experts of Finnish Environment Institute SYKE are available for the media to give more information on black carbon, climate change and on pro...
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2018-07-11
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What is the status of the Archipelago Sea food web?
In the coming weeks senior research scientist Laura Uusitalo and her collegues interview the local stakeholders and managers about their views of the Archipelago Sea ecosystem and its functioning, and...
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2018-03-12
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Marine researchers propose declaring 23 percent of the Baltic Sea as ecologically significant areas
Proposals are being made for locations in the Baltic Sea to be declared Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSA). The areas are located in the Bay of Bothnia, Kvarken, the Archipe...
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2018-03-02
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Finnish stakeholders of the CWPharma project met in Helsinki
On the 9th of February the Finnish stakeholders of the Clear Waters from Pharmaceuticals (CWPharma) project met in Helsinki to discuss their needs and viewpoints considering the emissions of pharmaceu...
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2018-02-23
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