Warm and calm weather has increased the occurrence of blue-green algae in inland waters as well as in coastal and offshore areas, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a press release on Thursday.
Early summer rains and winds have also created favourable conditions for blue-green algae blooms.
Observations have been made widely across the country, but the blue-green algae situation still remains fairly typical for mid-summer.
Barometers for the Gulf of Finland indicate that the blue-green algae season started later this year.
Currently, the amount of blue-green algae is rapidly increasing in both the eastern and western parts of the Gulf of Finland and has reached the average level for this time of year.
The national cyanobacterial monitoring is carried out as part of the monitoring of the state of the environment in cooperation with the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, municipal environmental and health authorities, and the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). Finnish Rotary Clubs are also actively involved in nationwide cyanobacterial monitoring.
The cyanobacterial monitoring is based on the monitoring of cyanobacterial deposits in surface water.
The intention is to provide an overview of the cyanobacterial situation in different water bodies.
The monitoring includes about 400 permanent observation sites across the country on inland and coastal waters and in the archipelago.
Syke reports on the national cyanobacterial situation on a weekly basis every Thursday from 19 June to 7 August 2024. The weekly algal reporting was launched in 1998.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
