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...

Study examines the state of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, and their connections to the capacity of marine systems to produce ecosystem services, such as fishing and recreational opportunities. T......

© Photos: Ilkka Lastumäki During 2023 the Finnish national research vessel Aranda opens doors to the public  in its home town Helsinki, Finland, and in three coastal cities: Klaipe...

  The MAAMERI project is included in the research section of the water protection programme (2019–2023). The project aims to improve the understanding of the impact of changes in nut...

The main goal of the Blue Night project is to generate young people's interest in marine science and inspire them to pursue a career in marine research. While young people are the main target gr...

Marine research facilities of the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) include the research vessel Aranda and a wide range of research and analysis instruments and laboratory services. Syke...

Finnish Environment Institute's research results are published in international and national scientific publication series and also in professional and general-interest publications. In addition, we ...

Research professor © Kai Widell Contact information Email: forename.surname@syke.fi Tel: +358 295 251 356 Skype: maiju.lehtiniemi1 Finnish Environment Institute
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Backgroud Currently, Finnish marine phytoplankton monitoring is conducted using a standardized microscopy method. The resulting data are used for ecological status assessment and for eutrophicat...

Save the date! This online seminar held on the 16th of June 2020 is your opportunity to learn how three BONUS Synthesis Projects synthesized existing science, what they found, and how this knowledge c......

This workshop is a unique opportunity to learn how Natural Capital Accounting could support various marine policies. ...

A new assessment of the ecological status of surface waters in Finland shows that 87% of the surface area of our lakes and 68% of our rivers are in good or very good condition. Eutrophication is still......

Summarizing publications Plan4Blue on Twitter #Plan4Blue Recommendations for maritime spatial planning for sustainable blue economies (pdf, September 2019) Newsletter ...

The objective of WP4 is to create an online catalogue of the existing decision support tools used in the management of the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin. Furthermore, the aim is to propose a mech...

The aim of WP1 is to provide knowledge of existing decision support tools (DST) and how they are applied in the management of the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin. ...

An End-User Core Group has been established connected to the research project. This Core Group includes 10 end-users and it consists of representatives from international, governmental and private or...

The objective of WP2 is to develop a set of performance-based definitions for the existing DST and assess their performance according to a range of established criteria. The assessment will be compar...

The objective of WP3 is to make suggestions for the most needed decision support tools to be developed by future projects. This proposal will be based on a gap analysis between existing tools and pre...

Seaguide.fi is a new map for boaters, people with holiday homes and anyone on the coast. The service provides information generated by several Finnish organisations on topics such as the weather and c......

The Finnish Environment Institute has published an extensive information package about the status of Finland’s marine environment. The new report about the status of Finland’s marine environment is pu......