Researcher Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 404 133 392 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Circular economy solutions Conta......

An estimated 50,000 tons of munitions containing chemical warfare agents have been dumped in the Baltic Sea. For her doctoral dissertation, Hanna Niemikoski, a researcher at SYKE studied the accumulat......

In her doctoral dissertation, Pinja Näkki, a researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute, has studied risks that organisms such as bivalves living on the seafloor face from microplastics. As much ......

Dolichospermum (blue green algae). Photo: Reija Jokipii. Background Ultrasound can prevent cyanobacteria from forming surface blooms. The method has rarely been studied in natural wa...

Changing consumption patterns is essential for curbing environmental problems. Several applications have been developed to collect consumption data and calculate environmental impact. A new dissertati......

Comprehensive approach towards the overall sustainability of natural resource use The fragmentation of information on climate change mitigation and adaptation and the lack of syntheses make it d...

The most common infill material used in the constructions of artificial football turfs is styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) granulate. Evaluations from other Nordic countries suggest that artificial tur...

At the moment, copper pipes are not allowed in domestic water networks in eco-labelled houses according to the Swan label. The criteria are the same in all Nordic countries. Dissenting views have bee...

Anthropogenic activities threaten biodiversity at global, regional and local scales. Addressing this situation requires knowledge of the main mechanisms underlying biodiversity patterns. While the th...

Background and aims Rivers developed for hydropower production are important part of electricity supply with increasing role as a balancing power source in energy systems worldwide. Regulated ri...

Senior research scientist, PhD (Ecology and evolutionary biology)  Contact information firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358503050007 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built......

Increasing the proportion of vegetables, legumes, and fish in the diet helps ease climate change, eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and inland waters, and the decline of biodiversity. SYKE's Policy bri......

The Adapt-FIRST project seeks to develop a new risk framework for climate change adaptation at regional level in Finland. In close collaboration with expert and stakeholder partners, it advances meth...

  Leading Researcher Adjunct Professor (Environmental Policy), University of Helsinki. PhD (Industrial Ecology), Royal Institute of Technology. PhD (Sustainable Development), Unive......

ENVECO is a one-year project financed by Eurostat grants led by Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in partnership with Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The first aim of the project is to...

We are pleased to invite you to the High Level Celebration Conference of the first EU wide ecosystem assessment organized under the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. ...

Where we are in terms of measuring nature’s contributions to national wealth? What are the costs of depletion and degradation of ecosystems?...

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest ‘State of the Environment’ report published on 4th of December 2019 states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency....

‘The European environment — state and outlook 2020’ report will be published in a launch event held on 4 December in Brussels. ...

  Senior Research Scientist PhD Contact information Email: firstname. t .lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 368 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Resear......