Proftest SYKE will organize in cooperation with Eurofins Environment Testing Finland Oy a proficiency test for the analysis of free, combined and total chlorine, KMnO 4 , NO 3 , pH, t...

  Tools for sustainable planning The project will develop and test novel concepts of ecosystem services mapping, environmental accounting and sustainability assessment as well a...

Research topics We focus on the accessibility to green and water areas within suburbs and their socio-economic variation between suburbs, as well as their role in supporting wellbeing....

Blogs Maria Kämäri ja Petri Ekholm: Tarkempia arvioita jokien ravinnekuormituksesta Itäiseen Suomenlahteen  (in Finnish, October 13, 2020) Jenni Attila: Satellite observations in ...

Society must move towards a sustainable economy in which less is used to produce more. Environmental problems are in great part due to the production and consumption of goods and services. Steps must...

  Proftest SYKE will organise the proficiency test for analysis of alkalinity, colour, conductivity, N NH4 , N NO2+NO3 , N tot , P PO4 , P tot  and pH in waste water. The purpo...

Background and aims Rivers developed for hydropower production are important part of electricity supply with increasing role as a balancing power source in energy systems worldwide. Regulated ri...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a phytoplankton proficiency test in December 2020 – January 2021. The target groups of the proficiency test are consultants and environmental authorities w...

The Finnish Ecosystem Observatory (FEO) aims to create a national co-operation model and information platform to support the extensive monitoring and evaluation of and research on the state of ecosys...

Background River Oulujoki is one of the largest rivers in Northern Finland and is intensively used in hydroelectric power production. The Oulujoki watershed reaches from the eastern Finnish bord...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a proficiency test for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in water and soil. The purpose of this proficiency test is to ensure the comparabil...

The Adapt-FIRST project seeks to develop a new risk framework for climate change adaptation at regional level in Finland. In close collaboration with expert and stakeholder partners, it advances meth...

  Proftest SYKE will organize a macroinvertebrate taxonomic proficiency test in November 2020. The test consists of three parts of which participants may select suitable samples. The te...

Objective Learn to use scalable Microsoft AI- and IoT services to explore opportunities and build new AI-services. Fig. 1 Algae bloom in near the Hietaranta beach in Helsinki was causui...

Finnish Enviroment Institute SYKE publishes high impact scientific articles in quality peer reviewed journals. SYKE publishes in open access forums that are well known and respected. Costs of op...