Thanks Willy! "For those of you who are interested in statistics, this is a 5-sigma event. So it's 5 standard deviations beyond the mean. Which means that if nothing had changed, we'd expect to see a winter like this about once every 7.5 million years." abc.net.au/news/2023-07-2…

We found that precipitation can act as source or sink of atmospheric aerosols depending on the environment, reflecting diverse underlying mechanisms. If you want to know more, go and check our recent piblication! FORCeS agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

ACCC-FASN (Finnish Atmospheric Science Network) Science Conference 2023 has started! This year's conference is organized in Kuopio University of Eastern Finland with more than 160 registrations and 2 days of presentations, posters & social program. Nice to see a growing community 🌱

🌍CERTAINTY brings together 18 partners from 10 countries 🟣A brilliant team of European experts that aims to address the urgent science need to understand the roles of clouds and aerosols in #weather and #climate!

-6C☀️. What a power break! 1 hour snowshoe hike in the middle of the work day refreshes body and mind 💪. I love February❤️

En yleensä täällä kirjoita juuri mitään politiikkaan liittyvää. Nyt teen poikkeuksen. Meillä on 2 ehdokasta, jotka käyvät keskenään asiallista keskustelua ja käyttäytyvät toisiaan kohtaan kunnioittavasti. Mikseivät heidän kannattajat tee niin? Ihan molemmin puolin sama tilanne

Forests = Earth's natural AC? As we strive for cleaner air, #forest particles may emerge as crucial in fighting global warming. A new study led by Sara Blichner in Nature Communications reveals how forests influence climate & #water cycle. Get the full story 👉shorturl.at/oqRZ9

If you are interested in atmoshere-biosphere interactions, read our recent paper showing clear obervational evidence for aerosol-cloud-climate feedback, but still large uncertainty in climate models! Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) University of Eastern Finland FORCeS nature.com/articles/s4146…

Today is Women in Science day. And to celebrate it, I want to bring up these excellent, inspiring scientists. Hanna Vehkamäki, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila Claudia Mohr Hannele Korhonen Merete Bilde Angela Benedetti Annica Ekman Jennie Thomas Ilona Riipinen

If you are interested in innovative ways to mitigate secondary organic aerosol pollutants, check this out! We show that photocatalyst can efficiently suppress SOA formation and remove SOA directly from its surface or proximity. Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) University of Eastern Finland sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are receuiting! We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated postdoc and PhD student to work with us in CERTAINTY_ACI project. For more details check these links: uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo… uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

The seminar days of Climate change, Ecosystema and Health -Research Community of University of Eastern Finland started with a Musical Keynote. What a nice start! I’m looking forward to all the excellent presentations and inspiring workshops & discussions.

In this new paper by Snehitha Kommula we show that vegetation fires from southern Europe enhance CCN number in northern Europe and the high Arctic and that liquid clouds show strong response to fire aerosol both in in situ and satellite observations. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Once more: BoFF campaign!! This was a great effort from our group: organizing a fully equipped measurement station deep in the forest (no electricity, tiny forest roads) with challenging safety actions was not easy. But we did it! Stay tuned, data is great!

Excited to share that my first PhD paper is now published 🤩Huge thanks to my awesome supervisors Harri Kokkola Thomas Kühn Annele Virtanen and all my co-authors! This study highlights how uncertainties in the volatility distribution of organics impact SOA mass, CCN and forcing!

Multidisciplinary collaboration can lead to exciting scientific results! In our oven fresh Science paper we reveal a new BSOA intermediated plant-plant interaction mechanism. The study was led by James Blande. University of Eastern Finland Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) Read more here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…