Research news
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Stefano Manzoni receives ERC Consolidator Grant 2020-12-09 The aim of the research is to answer the long-standing question: How are land use and climatic changes affecting soil fertility and the amount of carbon we can store in soil?
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Peatland carbon stocks are more vulnerable than previously thought 2020-12-08 Warming temperatures and human actions threaten to turn the world’s peatlands from carbon reservoirs to carbon sources.
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How sensitive is soil carbon turnover to climate warming? 2020-11-26 New article in Nature Communications.
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Phosphorus deficit may disrupt regional food supply chains 2020-10-21 New study shows shortage of global phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilizers, by 2045.
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New award to our guest researcher Ruth Varner 2020-09-04 An interdisciplinary research team will examine climate change effect on ecosystems.
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ChangeMakers 2020-09-04 ChangeMakers aims to develop sustainable thinking and innovative competence on environmental sector of Finnish (inc. Åland), Estonian, Latvian and Swedish 15-17-year-old students.
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How old is the Baltic Sea Basin? 2020-08-26 The history of the Baltic Sea during and after the retreat of the last Fennoscandian ice sheet is a fascinating story.
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How ice sheets rip rocks apart 2020-08-25 A new process of glacial erosion recognised, the first for nearly 200 years.
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Towards a new generation of vegetation models 2020-05-12 A new study explores the most important organizing principles that control vegetation behavior and how they can be used to improve vegetation models.
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Microorganisms in permafrost might slow down methane emissions 2020-04-30 New study in Nature Climate Change