Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of free, combined and total chlorine, KMnO 4 , NO 3 , pH, turbidity, and urea in swimming pool waters. The purpose of thi...

The objective of this project is to speed up the transition of the electricity system to be completely carbon-free in a cost-effective manner. Green energy transition highlights the need to switch to...

Proftest Syke organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of chloride, colour, conductivity, nutrients (N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot) , pH, and sulphate in wastewaters. Th...

Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in water and soil. In this PT, industrial wastewater sample is provided for the first tim...

© Anja Holmsten Proftest SYKE will organize a phytoplankton proficiency test in November 2023 – January 2024. The target groups of the proficiency test are consultants and environmental...

  Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of metals and mercury in wastewaters and in sediment. The measurands for the synthetic sample and industrial and...

The GSGF in Finland — Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI) project takes the next step after the GEOSTAT 4 project by adapting the GSGF Europe to the Finnish contex...

EU legislation to reduce the risk of pharmaceuticals in the environment Authors:  Lauri Äystö, Finnish Environment Institute, lauri.aysto(at)syke.fi; Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment...

Ecosystem Accounting infographic. Download a large file (png) from here . © Syke Objective and Benefits of Ecosystem Accounts Efforts to promote social and economic well-being ...

Background Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a powerful greenhouse gas that is naturally produced and partly consumed by the microbial processes nitrification, denitrification, nitrifier denitrification,...

The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and Griffin Refineries Ltd will together study the current status and future perspectives of plastics recycling and markets of secondary plastics in Finland....

GOVAQUA News:  Join GOVAQUA at Europe-INBO conference in Valencia on 18 October! Tackling Europe´s water problems requires new ways of gove...

This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...

Transition to sustainable water governance (Work Package 1) This work package defines, assesses and advances the transition towards more sustainable water governance in Europe, at multiple level...

  Background The marine environment is exposed to a vast array of “legacy” and “emerging” contaminants in various combinations. When examined individually they rarely exceed acc...

CBD negotiations in Montreal, December 2022. © Kaisa Pietilä   Goal The overall aim of the CO-OP4CBD project is to enhance coordination of European Union support to ...

Background In Finland, groundwater comprises 65 % of the household water distributed by waterworks. Groundwater is typically covered only with thin soil layers; this enables the migration of har...

The aim of the project is to assess the impacts of the European Commission's Green Claims initiative in Finland and to support the working group in the field of green claims. The project will produce...

Project background  In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....

Upgrading of Swedish wastewater treatment plants – research and practice hand in hand Author: Michael Cimbritz, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, michael.cimbritz(at)chemeng....