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PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #06. Oct 2018  View newsletter online

PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter

In this Issue
 


Enviro-HILAM training program

Visiting researchers at INAR's Summer School

5. News from Moscow PEEX Office:
Environmental change in Selenga-Baikal region

Riverine fluxes into Arctic seas

TRAKT-2018- climatology and air quality in the Kola Peninsula

6. Education
Discovering the photosynthesis and respiration of a tree

MOOC: Leadership for sustainable change


7. Visual Corner
Chinese Government Friendship Award
Academician Markku Kulmala has received the Chinese Government Friendship Award 2018. The award was presented by Mr. Liu He, Vice Premier of the State Council of The People's Republic of China.
Science, Art and Augmented Reality
Artist Josefiina Nelimarkka donated a painting to the Institute of Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) following our art-science collaboration. The painting hangs in Physicum, Kumpula Campus of University of Helsinki. She developed an app linking Hyytiälä realtime aerosol data visualized through augmented reality (AR) which you can download your phone! Read more here.
ICOS Science Conference
PEEX participated the 3rd ICOS Science Conference on greenhouse gases and biogeochemical cycles held at Prague, Czech Republic, 11–13th September 2018.

The PEEX program and GlobalSMEAR initiative were presented (poster) during the conference. Read details below.
iCUPE at the UArctic Conference
iCupe (Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments)  presented a poster on "iCUPE Datasets as Products for the Research, Decision-Making, Stakeholders and End-Users Communities" at the UArctic congress 2018 "Sustainable development of the Arctic - boreal regions" PEEX session. PEEX supports iCUPE on its work on combining integrated in-situ and satellite observations with a modelling platform. Read details below.
PEEX Special Issue in ACP journal
PEEX Special Issue is open in the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics under the themes of climate change, air quality, biodiversity loss, chemicalication, food supply, fresh water and the use of natural resources through mining, industry, energy production and transport. Editors are V.-M. Kerminen, M. Heimann, D. Spracklen, T. Laurila, A. Ding, and I. Salma. Visit the ACP Special Issue website.
DBAR
Digital Belt and Road Program conference (DBAR 2018)
DBAR will hold its 3rd DBAR Conference on 5-7 December 2018, Tengchong, China. Registration is now open in the conference website.
International Symposium on Digital Earth  (ISDE 11)
We are pleased to invite you to join the 11th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE11), to be held on 24-27 September 2019 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy. The theme of the Symposium is: “Digital Earth in a Transformed Society”. See call for Abstracts, Special Sessions, Sponsors & Exhibitors here.
HiMAC 2018 International Workshop
The 2nd Internal Workshop on Observations and Understanding of Changes in High Mountain and Cold Regions (HiMAC2018) will be held on October 29–30, 2018 at Arctic Space Centre of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), in Sodankylä, Finland. The workshop will bring together scientists from fields of Earth Observations, Meteorology, Climatology, Ecology and Biogeochemistry to discuss various in situ and satellite observations, data post-processing, physical and biological processes that contribute to environmental changes over high mountain and cold regions on Earth. Registration to HiMAC2018 is open. Read more in HiMAC2018 website.
iCUPE datasets for the research, dicision-making, stakeholders and end-users communities  
The Horizon-2020 iCUPE (Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments; website) project is synthesizing data from comprehensive long-term measurements, intensive campaigns and satellites, collected during the project or provided by on-going international initiatives; relate observed parameters to impacts; and deliver novel data products, metrics and indicators concerning the environmental status, availability and extraction of natural resources in the polar areas. The obtained results will be useful for policy development, improving and clearly communicating multidisciplinary understanding future status of the polar environment and pollution dynamics.

The iCUPE project will deliver a series of datasets-products (DS) for potentially interested researchers, decision and policy makers, stakeholders, end-users. Such publicly available DS can be used in different applications. Focusing on the Arctic region territories, these DS (website) will include data on anthropogenic contaminants in snow and ice cores; ground-based measurements for the particle number, black carbon mass, concentrations of ozone,
atmospheric mercury, organic aerosols; emerging organic contaminants in the air-snow-water; aerosol vertical profiles from ground and satellite observations; precipitation, snow spectral reflectance, lakes’ changes; other Arctic parameters based on ground, remote sensing, and airborne platforms; novel proxy variables integrating in-situ and satellite data; novel optical remote sensing products on snow-vegetation, gas flaring mapping; near-real time parameters of the Arctic Research Infrastructures; others.

Some of these datasets are focused on selected areas of the northern latitude regions, others - on selected geographical locations (measurement sites). Information about planned datasets is already available through the DS “teasers” with responsible contacts and expected results (details at website).

If interested, contact the iCUPE project office.


(Text: Alexander Mahura, INAR, University of Helsinki)
GlobalSMEAR
Developing infrastructure is one of PEEX focus, who aims to develop a coordinated, comprehensive in-situ station network over Eurasia. This network is envisioned to be composed of  both existing and new stations that will be build or upgraded according to the SMEAR measuring concept. SMEAR stands for Station for Measuring Earth Surface – Atmosphere Relations. SMEAR concept has been recently presented  with a release of  an on-line brochure and a collection of slides. They can be accessed from  GlobalSMEAR web pages.

(Text: Nuria Altimir, INAR, University of Helsinki)

SMEAR II as an inspiration for upgrading the Finokalia atmospheric monitoring station in Crete
SMEAR II inspires University of Crete to develop their Finokalia atmospheric monitoring station

INAR hosted visitors from the University of Crete during the last week of September (25-28th September 2018). Purpose of the visit was to share inspiration why and knowledge how to upgrade an environmental measurement station not only technically but as well in education and outreach perspectives. The experiences gained through PEEX program and GlobalSMEAR initiative including running the flagship station SMEAR II (Station for measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations) at Hyytiälä, Finland, gives INAR a solid background to guide other Institutes or Universities in upgrading their measurement stations. Below greetings from the two visitors from Crete:

We are both administrative staff of the University of Crete involved in the fostering of the third mission of Finokalia's Atmospheric station through a targeted project. Visit was arranged by Prof. Maria Kanakidou, Head of the Finokalia Station and Prof. Tuukka Petäjä From Intitute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research of University of Helsinki within the framework of ERASMUS exchange staff programme. Dr. Päivi Haapanala organised the visit, arranged all meetings at both Kumpula Campus and Hyytiälä Forestry Field station where SMEAR II is located. Päivi was with us during our three day visit and we thank her for that. We are impressed by the integrated multidisciplinary approach in both research and education, the extensive research collaborations as well as the outreach activities. It is an impressive work that includes a wide range of measurements and extensive infrastructure facilities. We very much enjoyed the northern landscape, the enthusiasm of the researchers and the technicians to introduce us to their work and the eagerness of people to help us out whenever needed.

Eva Michelidaki, Head of Planning and Development Unit, University of Crete
Kalliata Ververaki, Head of the Property Management, University of Crete

 

(Main text: Päivi Haapanala, INAR, University of Helsinki)

PEEX Events
PEEX in the UArctic Conference 2018

The University of Oulu and the University of Helsinki hosted the 2nd UArctic Congress on September 3-7, 2018 in Oulu and Helsinki. The conference gathered ca 500 participants from Arctic Universities and stakeholder communities. The conference was an integral part of Finland’s Arctic Council chairmanship program and the conference thematic sessions highlighted the priorities of the Finnish chairmanship; Environmental Protection, Connectivity, Meteorological Cooperation, and Education.

The conference guest of honor was His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, who has establish a Foundation to address our planet's alarming environmental situation. His foundation is dedicated to the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development on a global scale. During his visit Prince Albert participated the panel discussion including Academician Markku Kulmala (INAR, University of Helsinki) as one of the panelists. The panel discussion was focused on questions:

  • How can a focus on Arctic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ensure that the Arctic remains a region of peace and cooperation?
  • How does the Arctic address challenges with root causes outside the Arctic (climate, globalization, resource demand, etc.)?
  • How do we ensure that the ownership of the solutions to reach the SDGs for the Arctic remains with its people?
  • How can the Arctic serve as a UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development model for the world?

PEEX will be launching it's 1st scientific overview in 2019.

As a part of the conference PEEX hosted a session on “Sustainable development of the Arctic - boreal regions”. The session presentations were introducing show cases relevant to PEEX agenda such as “Melting Permafrost Challenges for Architecture and Urban Planning”,  “Financial Sustainability of the Arctic Regions in Russia” or “Influence of the Climatic Factor on the Medico-Geographical Situation”.  PEEX will be launching 1st scientific overview in 2019 and will be addressing several sources of information such as peer reviewed papers, PEEX project results and topics introduced in science conferences such as UArctic.


What is UArctic ? “The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. UArctic builds and strengthens collective resources and collaborative infrastructure that enables member institutions to better serve their constituents and their regions. Through cooperation in education, research and outreach we enhance human capacity in the North, promote viable communities and sustainable economies, and forge global partnerships”. Lean more at UArctic.

(Text: Hanna Lappalainen, INAR, University of Helsinki)
ICOS Science Conference outcomes
The ICOS Zeppelin observatory in Arctic Svalbard, Norway. Photo by Konsta Punkka, © ICOS.
The 3rd ICOS Science Conference was held in Prague, 11th-13th September 2018.

The Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) is a distributed European-wide research infrastructure producing high-precision scientific data on greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, as well as on carbon fluxes between the atmosphere, land surface and oceans. ICOS provides standardized and open data from over 130 measurements stations across 12 European countries. ICOS standardized data are available at the carbon portal, a one-stop shop for all the ICOS data products. In addition to scientists, the data are being used by governments and international organizations, such as United Nations, in their efforts to solve challenges caused by the global warming.
 
In August 2018, ICOS published its first Impact Assessment Report. The report, which is the first of such kind amongst the environmental European Research Infrastructures, provides a comprehensive background on the evaluation of ICOS, and particularly develops a set of relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which makes it possible for ICOS to evaluate and improve its impact.
In September 2018, from Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th, the 3rd ICOS Science Conference was held at Prague, Czech Republic. The theme of the conference was Greenhouse Gases and Biogeochemical Cycles and it was structured around 13 sessions covering topics from local to global carbon balances and greenhouse gas budgets and from in-situ and remote sensing observations to societal impact. More than 300 participants from 30 different countries including several internationally renown scientists were gathered together for the three-day meeting followed by one-day excursions.

The Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) program and GlobalSMEAR initiative were introduced at the “Globally integrative studies” poster session by Päivi Haapanala from INAR,  University of Helsinki (poster). The 3rd ICOS Science Conference book of abstracts can be found here (including PEEX’s abstract by Lappalainen et al.). During the conference, the #ICOScapes Photo Exhibition, presenting gorgeous photographs of ICOS stations and activities, was launched. The exhibition will travel across Europe during 2018–2019.

The 4th ICOS Science Conference will be held in the Netherlands in 2020.

 (Text: Päivi Haapanala, INAR, University of Helsinki)
The 3rd ICOS Science Conference was held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2018. Photo by Michal Gálik, © ICOS.
IBFRA18- Cool Forests at Risk?
IBFRA18 - Cool Forests at risk? hosted in collaboration with IIASA, PEEX, IBFRA and IUFRO.

The theme of the Cool Forests Conference (International Boreal Forest Research Association, IBFRA18) organized in Vienna at IIASA, 17-20 September, was addressing the critical role of boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bioeconomy, and climate. The conference and the IBFRA community launched a new initiative to raise awareness, maintain and promote the multiple, critical values, provided by those ecosystems.

To arise general awareness and the role of boreal forests for the global climate several new activities will be seen. One example is Cool-Forest Ambassadors. Sign up to be an Ambassador for Cool Forests, Read more.

(Text: Hanna Lappalainen, INAR, University of Helsinki)
PEEX e-Catalogue
The PEEX in-situ observations Working Group is happy to announce the launch of the PEEX  e-catalogue of in-situ collaborating station in the Russian Federation. This is the beginning of a living document, we will be updating this electronic catalogue quarterly as we continuously incorporate new material. We invite you to revise the catalogue contents periodically, we will be informing you on the updates, both in this newsletter and the PEEX website.    
 
The catalogue  is a working tool towards the construction of the PEEX observational network, and goes in parallel with the other activities. It is a service to the community  and we hope  it helps in sharing information and  promoting collaboration. This is not yet part of a centralised PEEX network, there is a lot of effort to do before getting to that point, but meanwhile we want to make evident  the steps we are taking to survey and connect the existing stations in the extensive PEEX Eurasian domain of interest.  
 
The catalogue is a collection of one-page display per station that offers an overview of  type of measurements and ways to contact. It also provides summarised information of the more detailed metadatabase that PEEX is collecting. And it also provides a view of other existing measuring networks.  
Any stations working in the PEEX domain are welcome to join to be displayed in the catalogue and to populate the metadatabase. For new contributions and additions, please contact us.

(Text: Nuria Altimir, INAR, University of Helsinki)

Enviro-HILAM training program

During 20–25 August 2018, Dr. Svitlana Krakovska and young researcher Mykhailo Savenets from the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI, Kyiv, Ukraine) participated in the Enviro-HIRLAM/ HARMONIE research training course at the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki (UHEL). This training is a part of the Enviro-PEEX on ECMWF HPC project “Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) Modelling Platform research and development for online coupled integrated meteorologychemistry- aerosols feedbacks and interactions in weather, climate and atmospheric composition multi-scale modelling” (2018–2020).

During training, the Enviro-HIRLAM modelling system were learned, practical aspects and steps of the system installation on the UHMI cluster with remote setup and test runs, meteorological and chemical boundary conditions, inventories datasets usage, runs on the CSC supercomputer, and visualization of results were all practiced and realized. The model was run for elevated pollution period (7-17 August 2010) in two modes: reference and direct aerosol effect included; and the model simulations will be compared with ground-based observations for atmospheric composition. The “Agreement on Enviro- HIRLAM code Transfer and Use” for research, development and education was signed. The HARMONIE modelling system was setup and tested on the ECWMF HPC Cray. Practical aspects and steps on model installation were learned. The period 23-25 August 2017 was selected to study processes of clouds formation and development; and the model simulations at high resolution will be compared with airplane and ground-based meteorological observations. Presentations at conferences and peer-reviewed publications are planned.

The training also included: introduction to INAR researchers and students; learning the University of Helsinki students’ life; introductory excursion to the SMEAR-III urban background station (in Helsinki) with discussion about measurement systems usage, data delivery and processing, differences in atmospheric composition and processes on other urban stations; introduction into PEEX programme, possibilities of collaboration (with signing of the Memorandum of Understanding), and contribution to PEEX modelling, observational and educational platforms/ activities; discussion on possibility of radar data usage for UHMI Column Cloud Bin spectral model verification. Moreover, during research seminar (22 Aug) Dr. Svitlana Krakovska gave a talk “Air, Water and Climate Research in the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute” describing main UHMI research activities and achievements of research departments, results on climate modelling in Ukraine, vulnerability of national forests to climate change, and several theoretical approaches towards novel parameterizations of ice particle growth. On 24 Aug, Mykhailo Savenets also participated in seminar on remote sensing of forests by Ass. Prof. Tsujoshi Kajisa (Kagoshima University, Japan).

(Text: Alexander Mahura, INAR, University of Helsinki)

Visiting researchers at INAR's Summer School
 
During 10-13 August 2018, Dr. Svitlana Krakovska and PhD student Larysa Pysarenko from the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI, Kyiv, Ukraine) visited the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) and during 13-24 August 2018 participated in the Summer School ATMDP-005 “Formation and Growth of Atmospheric Aerosols”. This event was organized at the Hyytiälä Forestry Field station (Finland). Participation in the school was a part of realization of our project “The Influence of Land Cover Changes on Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Regional Climate Characteristics” (it is ENVRIplus project funded by the European Commission). In Helsinki, our visit programme included an introduction to INAR researchers and students as well as students’ research and life; and introductory excursion to chemical measurements and instruments laboratory. There were meetings connected with the Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) and discussion for possible future collaboration within ENVRIplus project with tasks on the atmosphere-biosphere interactions and climate change issues.

In Hyytiälä, the school course covered the following topics: Atmospheric aerosols; Atmospheric observations of aerosol formation and growth; Nucleation theory and computational methods; Aerosol dynamics: condensation, coagulation, deposition general dynamic equation; Aerosols, clouds and climate; Large-scale modeling of atmospheric aerosol; Organic aerosols; Gaseous precursors of aerosols and their chemistry; Laboratory investigations of nucleation and nanoparticle growth; Thermodynamics of aerosol formation; Observations and measurement of sub-3nm atmospheric clusters; Chemical composition of atmospheric nanoparticles and clusters; Ice nucleation; and Air quality and climate interactions. The entire course included such activities as: lectures, group work, practical exercises, discussions on theoretical aspects and practical work, training in transferable skills (visit to the SMEAR-II station, sessions on spin-off companies and good scientific conduct), preparations for examination and passing oral exam. Moreover, Dr. Svitlana Krakovska gave a lecture “IPCC: What and Why?”. This talk covered the following topics: IPCC activity, climate change, opportunities to participate in IPCC.

We wish to express our appreciation to the INAR colleagues and organizers of the course “Formation and Growth of Atmospheric Aerosols”for their hospitality, assisting, help, organizing of the Summer School, interesting lectures,exercises and discussions, and especially, to the researchers, assistants, students and colleagues – Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Katrianne Lentipalo, Ekaterina Ezhova, Hanna K. Lappalainen, Alexander Mahura, Alla Borisova, Martha Zaidan, Anna Nikandrova, Guillaume Marie, Rörup, Birte, Ananth.Ranjithkumar and others. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from ENVRIplus.
 
Respectfully,
Svitlana and Larysa.
Environmental change in Selenga-Baikal region
PEEX and BaseNet consortium co-organized conference in Mongolia “2018 BaSeNet conference Environmental change in Selenga-Baikal region” as a part of Symposium for Environmental Science and Engineering 2018.

The conference deals with Environmental research in the area of Selenga River and Lake Baikal. Being the world’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Baikal is now recognized as a world natural heritage site of global importance. At the same time, the Selenga river is one of the largest river systems in the world that has remained undammed. Despite some problems related to pollution and changes in regional hydrology, large parts of this basin offer scientists the possibility to study one of the most pristine large river basins in the world.

A total of 44 oral presentations by national and international experts in the fields of environmental sciences and engineering and 29 poster presentations both with some very lively discussion not only between scientists but also with practitioners and decision-makers outlined the conference program. This conference has become quite a success and inspired further collaboration between European, Russian and Mongolian scientists. During the conference discussions with Mongolian authorities and representatives of scientific community, including president of Mongolia Academy of Sciences acad. Regdel, were held.

(Text: Sergey Chalov, Moscow State University)
Riverine fluxes into Arctic seas
Novel overview on riverine fluxes into Arctic seas has been published by PEEX researcher from MSU in Environmental Earth Sciences journal.

The paper deals with the comparative summary of sediment loads and particulate trace metals (V, Cr, Co, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) transport in the largest Asian Rivers of Russia. Environmental conditions and human interventions in the selected catchments (Lena, Ob, Enisey, Selenga, Kolyma, Amur, Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl) are analyzed with respect to the rate and composition of suspended sediment loads. The paper presents calculations of sediment load changes at the downstream sections of the rivers and new database of the chemical composition of suspended matter which involves all recent studies of the last decade for the sediment geochemestry. The results indicate that fluvial system and its human modifications are the most significant drivers of sediment load. Fluvial erosion in the unconfined channels exerts a significant control on the sediment load changes due to observed permafrost melting. We concluded that construction of reservoirs has the most important influence on land–ocean sediment fluxes in the largest rivers of Asia but plays relatively weak role in heavy metal composition in suspended particulate matter (SPM) due to lowest sedimentation rates of the fine clay particles, which are mostly enriched with heavy metals.

Full reference: Chalov  Sergey R., Shuguang Liu, Chalov Roman S., Chalova, Ekaterina R., Chernov Alexey V., Promakhova Ekaterina V., Berkovitch Konstantin M., Chalova Aleksandra S., Zavadsky Aleksander S.,  Nadezhda Mikhailova (2018) Environmental and human impacts on sediment transport of the largest Asian rivers of Russia and China, Environmental Earth Sciences, 77:274.

(Text: Sergey Chalov, Moscow State University)
TRAKT-2018- climatology and air quality in the Kola Peninsula
Within the framework of PEEX-powered  project "TRAKT-2018" on July 20, 2018, scientists of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have visited city Apatity (Kola Peninsula, 67°34′ N 33°23′ E) and have given a public lecture at the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The presentation (lead by Secretary of Moscow PEEX-office, Dr Pavel Konstantinov) was devoted to the actual project, the issues of the uniqueness of the urban microclimate and the problems of urban climatology in the polar latitudes. In addition, the project participants held a master class for graduate and master students of MSU Faculty of Geography at the Khibiny training and research station in Kirovsk-city.

 The main objective of the large-scale Russian-Norwegian-Finnish project "TRAKT-2018" is the development of technologies for simulating weather phenomenons and air quality in the cities of the Kola Peninsula, developing mechanisms to raise public awareness about the current state of the atmosphere and the natural environment at the international level.

(Text: Pavel Konstantinov, Moscow State University)
Discovering the photosynthesis and respiration of a tree
Are you interested to learn about the photosynthesis and respiration of Scotch pine trees?

Taina Ruuskanen from Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research INAR, Finland, has good news for those answering yes to the above question, as now there is an easy and illustrative way of learning by using a Carbon Tree website. At the website, a Carbon Tree animation is based on the measurement data that consist of observations made continuously in the surroundings of a Scots pine forest, located at Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station (SMEAR II) in southern Finland. The Carbon Tree represents an average Scotch pine tree and the virtual tree has been recorded since 2009 with the ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) equipment. Taina explains that at the Carbon Tree homepage you can see how the Scots pine tree is fixing carbon right now at the SMEAR II station or look at it on different days and weather conditions.
 
With the interactive Carbon tree visualization found from the website one can explore the carbon flow, its components and weather conditions that affect it. One can select the time span for the visualizations by setting the dates. Taina reveals that at the website there is another animation, called Transpiration. “With that animation, you are able to focus more closely on the functions of a plant leaf, and adjust the abiotic environmental factors to see how the leaf reacts to them”.

There are learning videos at the website to see how the interactive animations works: Carbon flow video demonstrates how you can examine the components of carbon flow; Weather conditions video shows you how to study the effects of environmental conditions on the carbon flow of a
 
Scots Pine; Observations video familiarizes you with the tools for viewing the past observations of carbon flow and weather conditions. The website is available in four languages (Finnish, Swedish, English and China) and the measurement data used in the visualizations is open data and can be downloaded.

The animations are easy to use and interesting to the general audience, and they can be used e.g. in schools for teaching. On the website you can find ready-made quizzes, but there are other ways to use the Carbon Tree for education. Taina gave few examples of questions for which the Carbon Tree website can answer: What are the factors that impact how much carbon the tree relieves? In which circumstances the net exchange of the tree is at its maximum? Taina hints that for more scientific audience there is other relevant information available at the website: “For example, to learn more about carbon cycle, abiotic factors and interaction between climate and forests, you can pick one of the several scientific articles available at the website”.

Carbon Tree is a part of Climate Whirl umbrella, which aims to increase public awareness of the interaction between forests and climate and to provide a holistic and general understanding of the forefront of climate and ecosystem research. In addition, the Climate Whirl aims to break the boundaries between science, art and education. The Climate Whirl originates from multidisciplinary research at the Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, as well as from an equal dialogue between scientists and artists. In addition to the Carbon Tree, artist residences, workshops and seminars are organized under the Climate Whirl.
 
(Interview: Päivi Haapanala, INAR, University of Helsinki)
MOOC: Leadership for Sustainable Change
Leadership for sustainable change, 5 ECTS

We need a sustainability transition, but how to get there?
 
A new online course, Leadership for sustainable change, is launched on 4 September 2018. The course is a collaboration of the University of Helsinki and the University of Tampere, and is made possible thanks to the contribution of Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund.
 
During the course you will learn:
- what the great challenges of sustainability are and how they are related
- how to lead change in complex systems, for example by utilising circular economy
- what skills, knowledge and attitudes a professional change-maker needs
- how to make and collaborate on a concrete sustainability project plan
 
Everyone is welcome to enrol and study, but if you want to get credit points (5 ECTS), you have to have study rights either at the University of Helsinki or at the University of Tampere (the course is also available through Tampere3 cross-institutional studies) – or pay the Open University course fee (75 EUR). Enrolment via the MOOC platform. Welcome!

PEEX Visual Corner

(Infographic: Nuria Altimir, INAR, University of Helsinki)
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