Nature

In South Karelia, air quality has been monitored for 40 years by studying lichens.

Air quality has deteriorated in South Karelia.

This can be seen in lichens, where damage and depletion have been observed.

Air quality has been monitored by bioindicator studies in South Karelia municipalities since the 1980s, at approximately 10-year intervals. In practice, lichens are monitored, as lichens are sensitive to air pollutants and are therefore suitable indicators of air quality.

Last year’s follow-up showed that the values \u200b\u200bof trunk lichens had weakened to some extent compared to the previous survey time. The most impoverished and damaged lichen species were in the surroundings of industrial concentrations and urban areas located in Lappeenranta and Imatra.

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Damage to lichens indicates reduced air quality, but climate change may also be behind itRead More »

Meadows attract crustaceans and other bugs, which scares some city dwellers. The feedback received suggests that even existing meadows and peripheral areas should be tidier.

No more urban meadows are being created in Seinäjoki. The argument is that the city already receives a lot of negative feedback about meadows and peripheral areas.

Some people in the city would already like to see all meadows, ramps and edges of the gardens silk-screened. Since last summer, feedback has included the seeding of a porpoise bed next to City Hall.

In lush meadows, there is usually a flowering species such as meadowsweet, a favourite of insects, which attracts bees, bumblebees and pollen-eating flies.

The city already has meadows, for example, on the banks of the Seinäjoki river, the banks of Pajuluoma and the Pohja district. As the city is a lively city of events, the city center area and the riverside and luomanranta areas are tried to be cleaned before the events, as well as the Törnävä area, the city gardener explains.

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No more urban meadows in Seinäjoki – even the existing peripheral areas need to be cleaned upRead More »

The company says it is developing two deposits towards mining, the Juomasuo cobalt-gold deposit in Kuusamo and the Haarakummu cobalt-copper deposit in Posio.

Latitude 66 Cobalt, a mining company specialising in ore exploration and cobalt mining projects, says it has discovered a new cobalt-gold deposit in Kuusamo. The deposit is located in the Ollinsuo ore prospecting area near Lake Kitkajärvi, according to the company’s press release. The company also made a deposit discovery in the area the year before last.

– “Through our exploration work over the past few years, we have proven that the Ollinsuo exploration targets form a significant and independent cobalt-gold-copper deposit,” says Thomas Hoyer, CEO.

Latitude 66 Cobalt Oy is conducting ore exploration for technology minerals in 18 municipalities in Kainuu, Northeast Finland and Lapland.

The company says it is developing two well-known deposits towards mining, the cobalt-gold deposit in the Juomasuo mining district in Kuusamo and the Haarakummu cobalt-copper deposit in Posio.

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There are four sites to be protected, one of which has been found to contain a nationally protected laho beaver frog.

The municipality of Janakkala offers more than 50 hectares of forest for protection under the METSO programme. The technical committee decided on Tuesday that the municipality will submit an application for protection to the Häme Environment Agency.

The application concerns the areas of Pukalinkallio, Luuliovuori, Laurinmäki and Saparonniemi, which would be protected as permanent nature reserves, with the properties remaining the property of the municipality. In practice, the areas would become private nature reserves that could be used for recreation, sports and nature activities.

In Janakkala, potential METSO sites in the municipal forests of Leppäkoski Rahitus, Tarinmaa-Räikälä-Laurinmäki area, Tervakoski Luulionvuori area and the area east of Lake Mallinkaistenjärvi have been inventoried already in summer 2020.

In addition, in the summer of 2021, the Pukalinkallio forest area in the Tervakoski settlement was inventoried. Based on the inventories, the Häme ely center has already protected the Rahitu area.

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Janakkala wants to promote nature and landscape conservation – offers more than 50 hectares of forest for protectionRead More »

According to the Finnish Environment Institute, the risk of flooding increases the longer the spring is delayed.

The Finnish Environment Institute says that warming weather towards the end of the week may raise river levels in southern Finland.

– The rains have now turned to water. If temperatures stay above freezing at night, the snow will start to melt in earnest.

On the other hand, the short-term warming does not yet make a big dent in large snow masses, because, according to Myllyniemi, large amounts of snow retain water better.

For example, there is a lot of snow in Southeastern Finland, but severe spring floods are still not expected. Myllyniemi estimates that the actual flood peak will only occur around mid-April.

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For example, the water levels in the lakes of the Hauho route are close to the average for the period and are not expected to rise during March.

According to the Finnish Environment Institute, the water levels of rivers and lakes in the Kokemäenjoki river basin have remained within typical levels in March. The water levels in Häme may also rise as a result of the warming weather and rainfall.

For example, the water levels in the lakes of the Hauho route are close to the average for the period and are not expected to rise during March. The largest lakes on the Hauho route are Lake Nerosjärvi, Lake Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso Roinevesi, Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä.

According to the current forecast, the water level in Hämeenlinna will be at its highest in the next two weeks. At the moment, the Vanajavesi is quite low in Hämeenlinna and, for example, the rocks along the Aulango shoreline are visible.

Floods are the sum of many factors

According to the Environment Agency, spring floods can be expected at the end of March at the earliest.

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There is currently 91 centimetres of snow in Paljakka, which is once again a record for this winter. The top spot is held by Kilpisjärvi, where the snow depth is one centimetre deeper.

From winter to winter, Puolanka Paljakka is on the list of the snowiest places in the country.

The snowfall at Paljakka is influenced by the high altitude and south-westerly winds, as the air mass from there is forced upwards when it encounters Paljakka and other hazards. As it rises, the air mass cools, allowing the moisture in the air to enter the ground as snowfall.

On the 384-metre-high Paljakka Pass, the snow is again deep, as the snow cover is usually at its thickest in March.

There is now 91 centimeters of snow in Paljaka, and this winter’s record readings are being threatened again. The top spot is Kilpisjärvi, where the snow depth is more than a centimeter.

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Paljakka in Puolanka is again at the top of the snow statistics – see live at 11am what one of the snowiest places in Finland looks likeRead More »

The record fish was weighed only after being gutted, so it was actually even heavier than reported.

Finland’s largest fish was recorded as cod, weighing 29.55 kilos, reports the Federation of Finnish Fisheries.

Last May, a 141-centimetre-long cod weighing 29.55 kilograms was caught in a research project between the Natural Resources Institute Finland and the Åland Islands Government. The record fish was actually even heavier, as it was weighed after being gutted.

However, the current list of record fish only covers record fish from the 2000s. In the last century, fish weighing over 100 kg have been recorded in Finland, but the old measurements are unreliable.

The Record Fishing Board approved a total of four new Finnish records during the past year.

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According to the Finnish Pharmacists’ Association, there will be no change in the way diclofenac-containing painkillers are sold in Finland, at least for the time being. Interest in the environmental impact of medicines is also growing in Finland.

In Swedish pharmacies, painkiller gels containing diclofenac will from now on be sold behind the counter instead of on the open shelf.

The customer must therefore ask the pharmacy staff for the product, and at the time of purchase, the customer will receive information on the use of the pain gel and its environmental impact. When the product is sold online, the person ordering the product must confirm that they have read the instructions.

In Finland, pharmacies are not changing the way they sell the popular pain relievers, at least for the time being.

However, the Finnish Pharmacists’ Association has been keeping a close eye on the long-standing debate in Sweden about pain gels containing diclofenac.

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Drug in popular pain gels harms aquatic organisms – in Sweden, products were moved behind the pharmacy counterRead More »

Next summer, a restoration burn at Kintulampi will aim to increase biodiversity.

This week the City of Tampere has been working on woodwork in the Kintulamm Camping and Nature Reserve.

Around three hectares of trees were felled, equivalent to more than four football pitches. The felled area can be seen on the way to the Church Stone lodge.

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