Chemical pollution represents one of the main threats to the Baltic Sea marine environment, negatively affecting the health of its biota and vital ecological functions, and endangering its biodiversi...

e-shape is a unique initiative that brings together decades of public investment in Earth Observation and in cloud capabilities into services for the decision-makers, the citizens, the industry and t...

Background Droughts and floods are increasing demographic, economic and climate change is increasing social vulnerability, tacit knowledge with aging people is disappearing and the sustainabilit...

The AI policy of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) outlines the principles, ethical guidelines, legislative requirements, and management practices for using and developing AI-based models and ...

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) processes personal data inter alia in connection with research, service provision and the performance of its statutory duties. Syke processes personal data in acc...

@Veera Norros Background Fungi play a fundamental role in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and in the global carbon cycle as the principal decayers of dead plant matter and ...

In 2020, the Ministry of Environment set up a national IPBES working group to facilitate the information flow between IPBES and national stakeholders. The working group is composed of representatives...

Researchers are often needed to identify solutions and to assess various alternatives in support of decision-making in society. Finnish Envrironment Institute (Syke) carries out a large number of spe...

Proftest Syke will organize intercomparison test for field measurements of oxygen, temperature, pH, turbidity, and electrical conductivity in October 2024 in Pori. In the intercomparison test, ...

The dissolved inorganic nitrogen to phosphorus (DIN:DIP) ratio is decreasing in the Baltic Sea leaving an excess of phosphate in the water column after the northern Baltic spring bloom. This conditio...

Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of COD Mn , Fe, Mn, chloride, fluoride, sulphate, pH, conductivity, NH 4 , NO 2 , NO 3 , Ca, K, Mg, Na, and hardness in dri...

Proftest Syke will organize a proficiency test (PT) for the analysis of gross and net calorific value of solid fuels. The purpose of this proficiency test is to ensure the comparability and ...

To achieve a good state of aquatic environments, reducing the agricultural phosphorus load is needed. However, the recent environmental protection policies do not necessarily take into account the di...

The management of nutrient stocks on the seabed is a challenge in the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea. The aim of the CLAYTRAP project is to demonstrate that glacial clay found on the seabed is able ...

Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are potent green-house gases (GHGs) with microorganisms being in the central role both in their production and consumption. Sea ice regulates the GHG exchange be...

Photo: Timo Vänni Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) is the national environmental reference laboratory appointed by the Ministry of the Environment in Finland already since 2001. The t...

It is anticipated that underwater noise will increase in the heavily trafficked Baltic Sea. Noise has harmful effects on marine ecosystems. Damage is particularly caused to marine mammals and fish th...

The mission of AlgaeProBANOS is to demonstrate viability and market accessibility for sustainable and innovative algae-based products and solutions in the Baltic and North Seas. Our vision is a ...

Phytoplankton is responsible for fixing dissolved inorganic carbon into organic matter via photosynthesis when present in water surfaces. Sinking phytoplankton cells transport phytoplankton-derived o...