Background In accordance with Kolarctic CBC 2014-2020 Joint Operational Programme and the Strategic Environmental Assessment “ oil and hydrocarbon pollution and the risk of ac...

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Photo: Pirjo Ferin. SYKE collects long-term observations of river, lake, and groundwater water quality. The monitoring of inland waters began in the 1960s. Hydrological monitoring...

© Visa Hietalahti / YHA SYKE collects long-term series of observations on the physical, chemical and biological state of the sea as well as on the concentrations of hazardous substan...

Project IDEALE is an Academy of Finland fellowship project lead by Dr. Paula Kivimaa, Research Professor in Climate and Society, in SYKE’s Climate Change Programme. IDEALE will connect the ...

JUST-FOOD explores and develops means for making the transition to a healthy and climate-neutral food system just, sustainable, and socially acceptable. The existing sustainability transition researc...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for analysis of metals and mercury in waste waters in October - November 2018. Sample delivery date is on 8 October 2019. We offer you a...

Directory Hydrology Lakes Seawater quality in BED (BNI) format Water quality of surface waters Phytoplankton RSS feed about changes in interfaces for env...

SYKE’s theme Built environment examines the spatial structure and dynamics of communities, as well as their relation to the surrounding nature. We want to contribute to the management and sustainab...

The circular economy is about to replace the linear economic system that is based on consuming materials and discarding them after use. The circular economy involves a reduction in the consumption of...

Biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature are the foundation of human wellbeing. Natural processes guarantee that we have food, raw materials, clean water and air, and other prerequi...

Objectives This project identifies, applies and demonstrates new database management methods and user application systems for generating an integrated data management process. Similarly...

The Baltic Sea is an important part of Finnish identity and international culture. The Baltic Sea is a shallow sea with brackish water and it is strained by a large population, which makes the sea vu...