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Saturday June 10, 2023

Blue-green algae remains calm in Baltic Sea, lakes

The blue-green algae situation has remained calm in sea areas and inland waters, as typical in early summer, said the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a press release on Thursday. Some blue-green algae observations have been made in lakes, and at the moment blue-green algae is present at two

Published: 22:29 pm,Wednesday 7 June 2023

Finland sees slightly warmer May than usual

The average temperature in May was close to or slightly higher than normal in most parts of the country, according to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Rainfall was somewhat lighter than normal in many places. The whole spring was mostly near typical in terms of both temperature and rainfall, said

Published: 01:44 am,Friday 2 June 2023

Warm, calm weather likely to rise blue-green algae in Baltic sea

Warm and calm weather can lead to powerful blooms of blue-green algae in the Baltic sea in the summer, said the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a press release on Thursday. In sea areas blooms of algae in the spring consume nitrogen, while leaving phosphorus-based nutrients for the blue-green

Published: 21:09 pm,Monday 8 May 2023

Finland sees warmer April than usual

Warm weather dominated in Southern and Northern Finland in April, whereas the middle of the country was cooler, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In some places the sun shone up to 100 hours more than on average in April, said FMI in a press release on Monday. The

Published: 01:13 am,Wednesday 26 April 2023

Finns likely to be more exposed to solar UV radiation in summer: FMI

During the warm summers of the future, Finns may be more exposed to solar Ultraviolet (UV) radiation than the present time, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Tuesday. Many melanoma diagnoses remain delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. With the spring sun beating down, you

Published: 23:28 pm,Friday 21 April 2023

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics: study

The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater, according to a study led by the German Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and published on Friday, reported Xinhua. "We have finally

Published: 23:12 pm,Thursday 20 April 2023

Temperatures in Europe climb at twice global average in 2022

Europe experienced the hottest summer on record in 2022 with several extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and extensive wildfires, according to a report published by the Bonn-based Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Thursday, reported Xinhua. Last year was also the second warmest ever recorded in

Published: 22:55 pm,Monday 10 April 2023

New study couples Arctic sea-ice loss with extreme cold weather

A new joint study has provided new scientific evidence for the connection between Arctic sea-ice loss and mid-latitude extreme cold weather events, according to Lanzhou University, reported Xinhua. The study reveals the importance of stratospheric feedback in Arctic warming, and is expected to support short-term climate predictions for extreme

Published: 03:19 am,Friday 7 April 2023

Finland sees colder March than usual

March was colder than usual in most parts of the country, while in the southern part of the country the average temperature was close to the long-term average, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In Lapland, the average temperature for March was approximately 3–5 degrees below the average

Published: 22:28 pm,Saturday 25 March 2023

Clock advances 1 hour as summer time begins Sunday

Summer time will start early Sunday when the clock will advance by one hour at 3:00 o’clock. In 2018, the European Commission proposed that the biannual clock changes be abandoned across the EU. However, the initial target schedule for the Commission’s proposal has not been met. Meanwhile, the tradition of

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