EU’s directives, such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD) set requirements for the participating countries to monitor coastal and lakes areas with high frequency and coverage. The overarching obje...

EU legislation to reduce the risk of pharmaceuticals in the environment Authors:  Lauri Äystö, Finnish Environment Institute, lauri.aysto(at)syke.fi; Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment...

Background Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a powerful greenhouse gas that is naturally produced and partly consumed by the microbial processes nitrification, denitrification, nitrifier denitrification,...

Biodiversity of the Finnish marine environment is mapped in cooperation across institutional borders. The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) coordinates Velmu. The programme is steered by the Mi...

Velmu's document archive, containing publications in Finnish, Swedish and English, is maintained in the Finnish web pages ("Suomeksi" link below)....

  Background The marine environment is exposed to a vast array of “legacy” and “emerging” contaminants in various combinations. When examined individually they rarely exceed acc...

Russian teachers visiting Naure house Villa Elfvik in Espoo, Finland. © Photo: Eija Rantajärvi CLIWATE-project promotes environmental education between Finland and Baltic states....

Senior research scientist PhD, Associate professor (docent) in Environmental policy (University of Helsinki) Contact information Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Societ...

Group manager Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 814 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Research infrastructure Marine analytics ......

Group manager Ph.D. (Biology) from Århus University Docent in microbial ecology, University of Helsinki Contact information   Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi T......

Final Dates: abstracts and registration   26 May 2023:  Extended deadline for submission of abstract 14 July 2023 : Last day for registration  ...

Local Organizing Committee Kai Myrberg, Syke (Chair) Ljudmila Vesikko, Syke Eija Rantajärvi, Syke Jari Haapala, FMI Laura Tuomi, FMI Scientific Committee ...

There have been following BSSC congresses: 1996 October 22-26, Rønne, Denmark 1998 November 23-28, Warnemünde, Germany 2001 November 25-29, Stockholm, Sweden 2003 August 24-28, H...

Registration for the Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023 is done via an electronic registration form below. Registration is binding. Last day for registration is 14 July 2023.  ...

Session themes for BSSC2023 The 14 th Baltic Sea Science Conference will be organised in Helsinki on 21 st -25 th   August 2023. The event will bring together hundreds of scie...

The Finnish Environment Institute monitored the state of Finland's marine areas in August. The sea bottom in the deep parts of the Gulf of Finland were oxygen depleted, and the oxygen situation of the......

The Finnish Environment Institute has tested the possibilities of using a genetic method to support the Finnish marine phytoplankton monitoring. The eDNA method revealed previously undetected species ......

2022 Science Days, “Science shakes a hand with Coastal life and citizens”, from 30th November–1st December, Helsinki, Finland Kick-off Meeting of BALTICITIES for all stakeholde...

Presentations Helsinki City Hall   30th of November and 1st of December, 2022 Science Forum, Day I and II: “Science shakes a hand with coastal life and citizens”–...

  The BALTICITIES Project promotes the sustainable use and preservation of the Baltic Sea marine environment from a city-municipal level perspective. Using a subset of Eastern...