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...

Image recognition service – whenicebreaks.com...

The Alg@line monitoring network, which automatically tracks the condition of the Baltic Sea, has been operational for over thirty years. Coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute, the Alg@line ......

News and publications of hydrological research infrastructure HYDRO-RI-Platform project...

Current Check examples of our research infrastructure on the new pages (2 October 2024) You can find them on the right side (laptop) or at the bottom of this page (mobile). W...

The overall aim of the work in PROTECT BALTIC is to enable sufficient spatial protection and restoration of the marine environment to secure positive biodiversity outcomes, ensuring the maintenance o...

Transferrable laboratory - continuous measurement platform...

Syke’s researcher Kaisa Kraft will defend her dissertation at the University of Helsinki on Friday, September 20th.  The dissertation examines the suitability of imaging and data processing with patte......

  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...

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...

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 ...

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...

The overall objective of this Horizon Europe funded project is to integrate and enhance existing observation efforts –including in-situ, satellite, modelling and citizen science – to better study the...

Researcher Contact information E-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone: +358 295 252 125 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)  Nature solutions Marine ecology Lato......

  Zooplankton © Photo: Siru Tasala The BlueLights project aims to strengthen blue education, which involves marine and water literacy, in Europe by incorporating it ...

This #MadeWithInterreg project helps to remove pollutants from our waters. The project APRIORA aims to help prioritize urban wastewater treatment plants for enhanced micropollutant remo...

Figure 1. The DIWA co-operation, societal and economic impact (left) with the HYDRO-RI Platform infra with autonomous and remotely controlled survey and measuring platforms for studying hydrologi...