Ville Junttila
Content page | Published: 2023-03-17

  Researcher Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 404 133 392 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Circular economy solutions Conta......

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Katri Siimes
Content page | Published: 2023-02-08

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Experts > Katri Siimes
KGZ-Water III
Project | Published: 2021-12-10

The objectives of this ICI cooperation are improvement for carrying out national surface water quality monitoring program and development of capacities for water quality pollution studies. This will ...

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The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
Press release | Published: 2020-08-28

The chemical status of Finnish lakes, rivers, and coastal waters has not yet improved, despite the concentrations of several chemicals falling below the limits set for them (EQS - Environmental Qualit......

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Research & development > Water > The chemical status of water bodies remains poor
Efficient waste water treatment processes can help reduce the pharmaceutical load released into the environment
Press release | Published: 2020-07-06

The load of active pharmaceutical ingredients released into the environment can be reduced by treating waste water at primary sources, such as hospitals, healthcare institutes, households and pharmace......

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Matti T Leppänen
Content page | Published: 2019-07-05

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Experts > Matti T Leppänen
First overview on chemicalization of aquatic environment completed
Press release | Published: 2019-05-06

A new assessment of levels of harmful substances in Finnish waters has been completed. According to monitoring activities, harmful levels of mercury, fire retardants and surface treatment agents are f......

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New status report shows that further measures are needed to improve the state of the sea
News | Published: 2018-12-27

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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Models and tools
Content page | Published: 2015-04-24

Several different kinds of tools are used in SYKE to assess and forecast the state of the environment. In a large perspective they can be called mathematical models. Models are mostly needed to suppo...

Research & development > Water > Models and tools
The water area clouded by the dredging for the Port of Bronka does not extend to Finnish territorial waters
News | Published: 2015-10-12

Satellite images show that the dredging for the Port of Bronka located near St. Petersburg just inside a flood dam has caused increased turbidity in a wide area at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finl......

Current > News > The water area clouded by the dredging for the Port of Bronka does not extend to Finnish territorial waters
Models for river basin management planning
Content page | Published: 2016-09-27

Several tools and models to support and improve river basin management planning have been developed and tested in the Finnish Environment Institute. They can be used to aid in assessing the status of...

Research & development > Water > Models and tools > Models for river basin management planning
Doctoral dissertation: Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides
Press release | Published: 2015-02-10

The addition of carbon, which is required as a nutrient by the microorganisms in soil and groundwater, was found to be the most promising remediation method in the remediation of soil and groundwater ......

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Real time algal monitoring in the Baltic Sea (Alg@line)
Project | Published: 2015-07-03

        Project objectives and background The Alg@line -project was generated in 1993 to improve the coverage of existing pelagic monitoring in the Bal...

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The Aranda investigates the condition and radioactivity of the seabed of the Eastern Gulf of Finland
Press release | Published: 2011-07-29

Research vessel Aranda. Photo: Janne Bruun The Finnis......

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Concentrations of surface finishing agents in fish caught in Helsinki's Vanhankaupunginlahti Bay ten times higher than in other areas
Press release | Published: 2011-05-27

Finnish Environment Institute and Evira High concentrations of organic tin compounds used in antifouling paints are still being found in perch and pike-perch in the Vanhankaupunginlahti......

Current > Press releases > Concentrations of surface finishing agents in fish caught in Helsinki's Vanhankaupunginlahti Bay ten times higher than in other areas