How can the most cost-effective measures be identified to help in assessing the status of a waterbody and the management practices needed to achieve good ecological status? The effect of differe......

Would changes in lake regulation rules and practices help you adapt to climate change impacts? Do you need to estimate changes in floods for planning purposes, for adaptation in dam safety or storm w......

Do you need hydrological data for the management of flood risks and the regulation of river basins, flood forecasts and hydrological modelling, planning and land use, or in research projects? Fi......

Does the run-off from tailing ponds or waste rock heaps need passive purification? Is there a need to purify weak waters at a mine site, which in an active handling system is expensive or otherwise i......

Do you need to find out the distribution of load in the recipient? Would you like to assess the impact of water load when changing mining activities or different scenarios, concerning, for example, t......

Do you need to find sustainable solutions or a comprehensive assessment of alternatives? Is there a conflicting planning situation with different actors to resolve? Finnish Environment Institute......

Does your lake suffer from eutrophication? Is there a need to diminish diffuse loading? Finnish Environment Institute SYKE offers its know-how and expertise for lake restoration projects and exp......

Hydrological information and forecasts are valuable tools in different management and decision-making contexts. Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has long experience of different modelling applicati......

Would automatic flood and drought warnings for lakes and rivers and warnings about snow load risk on large roof structures help your capability to adapt to hazardous unexpected weather situations? ......

Do you need information about water balances to set up or expand a mine? Do you need to summarise all the environmental information from a mine site into an easily understandable form? Finnish E......

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE has strong expertise in risk assessment concerning the influence of mining on natural waters. We draw up guidelines and develop tools for environmental risk and imp......

Do you need to forecast the influences of your operations on water flow or quality in rivers, lakes or coastal areas? Environment Institute SYKE offers modelling for calculating water quality an......

The formation as well as the mitigation measures of street dust have been extensively studied in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area for several years. However, the results and lessons learned from these ...

Picture: Roosa Ritola Street dust contributes significantly to coarse fraction of ambient PM 10 and thus has a negative effect on air quality in Finnish cities especially during spring m...

KALPA-3 Road Dust Sources, Emission Reduction Measures and Air Quality Impacts- Research Project Road dust emissions, sources, their effect on the air quality as well as mitigation measu...

NORDUST-2 (Nordic road dust research project) NorDust II is a common Nordic road dust research project gathering world leading Nordic competence in the research area to improve the unders...

Most important peer-reviewed publications Stojiljkovic, A., Kauhaniemi, M., Kukkonen, J., Kupiainen, K., Karppinen, A., Denby, B.R., Kousa, A., Niemi, J.V., Ketzel M. 2019. The...

Ongoing research projects NORDUST-2  - Nordic road dust research project. Development of emission modelling and optimization of abatement measures by improved emission mode...

Picture: Roosa Ritola   Street dust refers to particles generated by vehicle induced wear (road, tyre and brake wear) and dust accumulated on the road surface from other s...

The Finix project will co-create new textile business in Finland in ways that promote global sustainable development. The dominant textile industry relies on low-quality products and fast-fashion bus...