WSFS-Vemala (Vemala) The Vemala model is an operational, national scale nutrient loading model for Finnish watersheds (Huttunen et al., 2016). It simulates nutrient processes, leaching and tra...

Study examines the state of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, and their connections to the capacity of marine systems to produce ecosystem services, such as fishing and recreational opportunities. T......

The goal of Finland and other Baltic Sea countries is to have a clean and thriving sea. However, various assessments have indicated that the state of the Baltic Sea is largely poor. One significant f...

Postdoctoral researcher PhD in Aquatic Sciences, University of Helsinki Contact information Work email: dana.hellemann@syke.fi Phone number: 0295252288 Finnish environmen......

31 July– 5 August 2023: International Baltic Sea camp Tvärminne zoological station, Hanko, Finland Participants: Young people from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania The BALTICITIES...

The Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023: Full Programme The programme has been published on 28 June.  Please note, that program is still subject to changes. FULL PROGRAM ONL...

Researcher FT (Ecology and evolutionary biology) Contact details E-mail: forename.surname@syke.fi Telephone: +358 295 251 206 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Nature solut......

    Baltic Seashore Stories is a campaign organized by the Finnish Environment Institute and BALTICITIES project partners to raise awareness about the Baltic Sea environmen...

© Photos: Ilkka Lastumäki During 2023 the Finnish national research vessel Aranda opens doors to the public  in its home town Helsinki, Finland, and in three coastal cities: Klaipe...

EU’s directives, such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD) set requirements for the participating countries to monitor coastal and lakes areas with high frequency and coverage. The overarching obje...

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...

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,...

Biodiversity of the Finnish marine environment is mapped in cooperation across institutional borders. The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) coordinates Velmu. The programme is steered by the Mi...

Velmu's document archive, containing publications in Finnish, Swedish and English, is maintained in the Finnish web pages ("Suomeksi" link below)....

  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...

Russian teachers visiting Naure house Villa Elfvik in Espoo, Finland. © Photo: Eija Rantajärvi CLIWATE-project promotes environmental education between Finland and Baltic states....

Coordinator   Contact information Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Digital services Spatial data management Latoka...

Group manager Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 814 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Research infrastructure Marine analytics ......

Group manager Ph.D. (Biology) from Århus University Docent in microbial ecology, University of Helsinki Contact information   Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi T......

Final Date: registration 11 August 2023: Last day for registration   NEW:  FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE The BSSC2023 List of posters and Book of Abstr...