Past events: 16 June 2020:  Online seminar: Baltic Sea Science Synthesized – Time to Take Evidence-based Actions for the Well-being of the Sea and People Upload seminar presentation...

Water meets people SEVIRA-project completed News, February 24, 2022 In the cross-border project “Water meets people SEVIRA” (2018-2022) it was time to hear and share what had been ac...

Policy briefs: Joint BONUS FUMARI and BONUS SEAM Policy Brief No 1/4: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities for Future Monitoring of the Baltic Sea.pdf Joint BONUS FUMARI and BONUS SEAM ...

In October a smart navigation buoy system started to deliver real-time measurement data via satellite, monitoring oil and some other water quality parameters in the Baltic Sea’s water. It is located s......

Research Vessel Aranda's research cruises in 2018. Aranda was in the dock part of the year, therefore some of the cruise were canceled. Aranda and research cruises 24.01.2018 - 04......

NEW:  Final seminar of three BONUS Synthesis Projects - BONUS FUMARI, BONUS DESTONY and BONUS ROSEMARIE - " Baltic Sea Science Synthesized – Time to Take Evidence-base...

Research vessel Aranda’s first monitoring cruise after its renovation was a success despite challenging weather conditions and a tight schedule. The results show that salty and oxygen-depleted water r......

Data fusion training Data fusion training Background Methods and practices of environmental monitoring are changing significantly. Satellite and mobile technology, automatic s...

The renovated marine research vessel Aranda was delivered to the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE today. The overhaul was carried out by Rauma Marine Constructions Oy at its shipyard in the city of ......

The amount of cyanobacterial surface blooms has further decreased in the Finnish sea areas and lakes. In the Gulf of Finland, weak surface accumulations of cyanobacteria still occur. Harmless filament......

Cyanobacteria are mixed into the water in the southern and south-western sea areas, and wide cyanobacterial blooms have not been observed anymore in the Finnish sea areas. In lakes, cyanobacteria are ......

Cyanobacteria are still quite abundant in the Gulf of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea and in the Bothnian Sea, but cyanobacteria are now mixed into the water and wide surface blooms have not been obse......

Exceptionally abundant blooms of blue-green algae, i.e. cyanobacteria, increase the risk of adverse health effects. Water containing blue-green algae must always be considered a potential health risk.......

Extensive blooming of cyanobacteria has continued in the southern and southwestern Finnish sea areas and lakes. Wide surface blooms are situated in the southern sea areas of Åland and the Archipelago ......

Cyanobacterial blooms have been exceptionally wide in the Gulf of Finland and in the Southern and East-Southern areas of the Archipelago Sea. Amount of cyanobacteria has increased also in the Western ......

In recent days, the Gulf of Finland and parts of the Archipelago Sea have seen exceptionally broad blooming of blue-green algae. According to the weather forecast, the exceptionally warm weather will ......

The number of blue-green algal blooms has increased considerably, especially in south-western and southern sea areas. There are also plenty of blue-green algal blooms in lakes. If predicted heat and c......

In lakes, cyanobacterial blooms occur more abundantly than usually at this time of the year. In coastal areas of the Gulf of Finland and Archipelago Sea, local, abundant blooms of cyanobacteria have b......

In inland waters, blue-green algal blooms are more common than normally at this time of the year. The number of blooms has also increased in sea areas. The strong wind is likely to push the blooms off......

In the sea areas of Finland, blue-green algae have been observed in the coastal areas of Virolahti, Uusikaupunki and Pietarsaari and in Haapasaari. In the lakes, some minor and only a few amble blooms......