Number of moths has remained stable for 30 years, but the species have changed significantly (sttinfo.fi)

Black Arches (Lymantria monacha). © Helmut Diekmann

Press release 27.6.2024
The 30th anniversary report of the national Nocturna moth monitoring, coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and launched in 1993, presents the history, background and changing species of moths in Finland. Nocturna is one of Finland's longest-running monitorings of species and the third longest-running moth monitoring in Europe. As moths are sensitive to changes in the environment, their monitoring provides valuable information about the effects of global warming, for example.

Warm weather has increased blue-green algae observations in inland waters, on the coasts and in the Gulf of Finland area (sttinfo.fi)

The satellite image from 25 June 2024 shows blue-green algae occurrences in the entire Gulf of Finland and in the coastal areas of Southeast, Southern and Southwest Finland. © Copernicus-data, Syke (25.6.2024)

Press release 27.6.2024
The number of blue-green algae observations has increased since last week. As a result of the warmer weather, the occurrences of blue-green algae in inland waters are slightly above average for the time of year. There has been a significant increase in blue-green algae observations in the Gulf of Finland and in the northern part of the Northern Baltic Proper.

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