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Algal blooms have started – maps updated daily

SMHI monitors algal blooms with the help of satellite images and water samples. The algae maps are updated every day, together with a forecast of how the surface blooms will move during the next 24...
Updated: 05 July 2010

New European air chemistry forecast service

We all know how much the weather affects our everyday lives, but variations in the chemical composition of the air also play a decisive role, mainly, perhaps, in terms of the climate and for our...
Updated: 24 June 2010

New report on the acidification of Swedish seas

SMHI has, together with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, studied the acidification of the seas around Sweden. The report examines the factors which cause the changes in pH.
Updated: 21 June 2010

Real-time monitoring commences in the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat

Now SMHI and SYKE are increasing their joint monitoring of the state of the environment in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Proper and the Kattegat. A TransAtlantic merchant vessel that plies the seas...
Updated: 07 June 2010

Royal wedding weather throughout history

Right now it is too early to issue any weather forecasts for 19 June, when the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling is to be held. However we can offer a historical review...
Updated: 07 June 2010