Environmental Change Research Unit

Yuwen Pang defending her thesis "Using remote sensing to detect spatial patterns and phenology of peatland vegetation". Opponent Petteri Vihervaara @SYKEint @LifeSciHelsinki @BioEnvHelsinki @UHEcoEnvi – at Helsinki, Finland

Minna Väliranta's group has been monitoring palsa mires in northern #Lapland since the launch of #ArcticAvenue in 2018 🌡️❄️ This season's field crew: doctoral researchers Emilia Tuomaala, Sonja Granqvist and MSc student Elmiina Pilkama 🌿 @BioEnvHelsinki @UHEcoEnvi @BolinCentre

Another @Skr_fi ancient DNA project now in action in the field and the lab. Led by Petri Auvinen from @BIOTECH_UH, this project studies post-glacial ecosystem changes using microbial DNA analyses of peat and marine sediments. @BioEnvHelsinki @LifeSciHelsinki @UHEcoEnvi

We have a new #PhD ❄️🔥 Congratulations @tiialuostarinen 💐 and thank you @SeaIceBeth for the insightful discussion. @BioEnvHelsinki appointed custos @AtteKorhola, supervisors @maijaheik & @SofiaIRibeiro @SuomenAkatemia @LifeSciHelsinki @UHEcoEnvi

Are these peatlands drying and why? Let's see what Männikjärve bog peat cores tell us! Our peatland team this week in Estonia with @unitartu @TallinnUni @Peat_and_Trees @UniEastFinland. 🇫🇮🇪🇪 @UHEcoEnvi @LifeSciHelsinki @BioEnvHelsinki

Excited!🥳 @SuomenAkatemia funding to the project "Browning lakes in the greening Arctic" 🌊🌱to our researchers Jan Weckström, Kaarina Weckström & @maijaheik. @UHEcoEnvi @BioEnvHelsinki @LifeSciHelsinki

Congratulations to all @BioEnvHelsinki ECR Award winners, including our post doc Hui Zhang for her article in @NatureComms on impact of climate change on hydrological shifts in high-latitude peatlands. 🥳 Direct link to article 🌱🌧️⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

We have a new #PhD! 🎉 Sanna Piilo successfully defended her thesis "Vegetation and carbon dynamics of high-latitude peatlands in a changing climate" 🌱🌦️ last Friday. Beautiful presentation and an excellent indepth discussion with Lisa Beleya @QMUL. @UHEcoEnvi @BioEnvHelsinki

#ArcticAvenue Annual Meeting at the @BioEnvHelsinki @helsinkiuni #Kilpisjärvi Biological Station this week. Discussing research results and ideas with colleagues from @Stockholm_Uni, brainstorming and hiking over the amazing fells.💙🇸🇪🇫🇮 @BolinCentre @AtteKorhola @NKirchnerSthlm

Does climate change induce peatland expansion in Greenland? This summer Minna Väliranta's research group mapped peatlands and vegetation change in scenic Disko Island. 🏔️🌱 @ArcticStationUC @BioEnvHelsinki @LifeSciHelsinki @UHEcoEnvi