National pollinator monitoring for Finland
Published: 2022-03-02
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National pollinator monitoring for Finland
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Arctic Black Carbon Impacting Climate and Air Pollution (ABC-iCAP)
Published: 2022-02-18
Black carbon is an important short-lived climate forcer (SLCF) with strong negative impact on the Arctic, e.g., by accelerating the melting of the ice. Black carbon is also an air pollutant which har...
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Black and Brown Carbon in the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere (BBrCAC)
Published: 2022-02-17
© Photo: Riku Lumiaro
Incomplete combustion of organic fuels results in emission of light-absorbing carbon (LAC) particles that contain both black carbon (BC), which has the stronges...
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Calculators
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE has developed several tools and calculators together with the stakeholders. Some of the calculators have succeeded to reach ten thousands of users and to create large public discussions o...
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Funding
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE's core funding has decreased by almost 30% over the last ten years. Correspondingly, the number of personnel has also decreased by more than a hundred person-years compared to the peak year 2013...
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Laboratory services
Published: 2022-01-20
Proficiency testing service, Proftest SYKE
SYKE has acted as the national environmental reference laboratory since 2001 according to the Finnish Environmental Protection Act. As the...
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LCA
Published: 2022-01-20
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an established method to simultaneously quantify multiple environmental impacts arising from the whole value chain including all processes related to the life cycle of ...
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Media and Citizens Barometers
Published: 2022-01-20
Since the beginning of the 21st century, SYKE has participated in the national Media Barometer every two years, which provides feedback from journalists on the organizations' communicatio...
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Nature
Published: 2022-01-20
Beekeepers ensure pollination services to farmers
Red lists are a tool for improving species and habitat protection
How to implement ecological compensation?
The Finnish Nature...
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Nature
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Outreach, societal interaction and communications
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE communicates with its various collaborators and audiences through a range of channels and platforms. The SYKE Policy Brief is a statement addressed to decision-makers and experts, setting...
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Prizes
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE has received many prizes and acknowledges of the work the institute and its experts and researchers have accomplished. These prizes have been addressed either to SYKE and its´ services, to a res...
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Production of environmental information
Published: 2022-01-20
Use of earth observation for environmental monitoring and assessment
New methods of biomonitoring
Open data portal provides easy access to a range of users
MarineFinland.fi gat...
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Publications
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE publishes approximately 250 peer-reviewed articles annually. In the Academy of Finland's State of Scientific Research in Finland 2018, SYKE’s scientific impact was rated third best among Finnish...
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R&D projects
Published: 2022-01-20
Much of SYKE’s work is conducted in externally funded and co-funded projects. This results in our project portfolio playing a key role in implementing our strategy, and generating important opportuni...
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Research infrastructures
Published: 2022-01-20
R/V Aranda © Panu Hänninen
SYKE maintains and develops many national infrastructures, which serve research either directly or indirectly. Infrastructures covering the whole chai...
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Sea
Published: 2022-01-20
Tackling dispersed microplastics
Mapping the treasures of the sea to better protect them
Developing oil spill response
Gulf of Finland co-operation
The SmartSea project ...
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Services
Published: 2022-01-20
© Kai Widell
SYKE provides information and services for government decision-making, sustainable business activities, and for research collaborators. Our most well-known services are ...
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Staff
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE employs approximately 600 skilled and committed professionals.We produce relevant information, novel understanding and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable development. With an open mi...
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Water
Published: 2022-01-20
Decision analysis methods unite differing stakeholders in water management
Hydrological and water quality system predicts floods and nutrient loads
What if there were no water? Plann...
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Websites and social media
Published: 2022-01-20
SYKE's online presence is high and it attracts more visitors all the time. Online services have been developed on a long-term basis and their user numbers have become significant. Likewise, th...
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