Published: 01:14 am,Saturday 21 June 2025

Calm, moderate blue-green algae seen in Finnish seas, lakes
As typical in early summer, the number of blue-green algae observations in Finnish seas and inland water is moderate, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a press release on Thursday. Some blue-green algae have been observed in inland waters, mainly in Southern Finland. In coastal areas, even slightly less
Published: 23:00 pm,Monday 9 June 2025

Risk of blue-green algae blooms remains high in seas
Extensive blue-green algae blooms are likely to occur in the open sea areas close to Finland during the summer as the nutrient situation in the Baltic Sea remains largely unchanged, said the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a press release on Monday. The risk of the formation of rafts
Published: 00:35 am,Friday 6 June 2025

Finland sees lower temperature in May
The average temperature for the whole country in May was 7.4 degrees Celsius, which is 0.3 degrees Celsius lower than the average for the 1991–2020 reference period, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The last time Finland experienced a cooler May was in 2021. May 2025 was also
Published: 13:06 pm,Monday 28 April 2025

2024 likely sees ever warmest summer in Lapland in 2000 years
Summer 2024 was record-warm in Lapland, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Monday. The June-August mean temperature in Sodankylä Tähtelä, Finland was 15.9 °C, which broke the previous record from 1937 by 0.4 degrees. According to a new study, published in npj Climate &