Summer of 2019 was my first experience of diving into a life of a marine biologist. My name is Eveliina and I’m studying biology in the University of Oulu. I got to spend the summer as a trainee for SEAmBOTH and also collect data for my master’s thesis in the Bothnian Bay. My thesis concentrates … Continue reading Diving into human pressures
The renewable energy sources are more important than ever before. Wave or tidal energy hasn’t really been available in the Bothnian Bay, so we are looking at a possible future with a lot of offshore windmill parks in the SEAmBOTH area. Photo by Pekka Lehtonen, Metsähallitus. Wind energy is a renewable and an infinite form … Continue reading Energy from thin air
An artificial reef by definition is a man-made underwater structure usually built for a purpose of promoting marine life. It is widely accepted in the scientific community that artificial reefs are very beneficial. They can increase local populations such as algal growth, coral reefs and fish. They also can prevent coastal erosion and force waves … Continue reading Unique habitats: Artificial Reefs
This Summer the Metsähallitus marine team was working quite close to different kinds of human pressures. We worked most of the time close to the mainland, so we saw a lot more human activities then we normally do, from farther out at sea. In the earlier blogs there has been information about estimating human pressures … Continue reading Working close to human pressures
It is common knowledge that the world has a pollution problem and more specifically pollution in our oceans. It seems that every day there are more and more posts in the news and on social media about how trash is accumulating in our oceans and how that is affecting climate change, sea life, and marine … Continue reading Trash Talk
The marine environment of the Baltic Sea is fragile and vulnerable due to its unique location and structure. 85 million people live on its catchment area and 15 million of them live within 10 km from the shoreline. Therefore this has an effect on the marine environment both below and above the sea surface. Even … Continue reading Estimating human pressures at the Bothnian Bay
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