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ACCC Director Markku Kulmala elected as TWAS council member

ACCC Director, Academician Markku Kulmala has been elected as council member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for 2023-2026. TWAS, founded in 1983, is a network working to advancement of science in the developing countries. The council is elected by members every four years and it is responsible for supervising all Academy affairs. The […]

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Aerosolitutkimussäätiö jakaa vuoden 2022 palkinnot 21.11 Tampereella

Aerosolitutkimussäätiön tunnustuspalkinto Professori Tuukka Petäjälle Aerosolitutkimussäätiön nuoren tutkijan palkinto Panu Karjalaiselle Professori Tuukka Petäjälle on myönnetty Aerosolitutkimussäätiön tunnustuspalkinto, suuruudeltaan 20.000 €, hänen ansioistaan suomalaisen aerosolitutkimuksen hyväksi.TkT Panu Karjalaiselle on myönnetty Aerosolitutkimussäätiön nuoren tutkijan palkinto uraauurtavasta tutkimustyöstä hiukkaspäästöjen ja mittausmenetelmien tutkimuksen saralla väitöskirjatyön jälkeisenä aikana. Palkinto on arvoltaan 5000 €. Palkinnot jaetaan Ilmaston ja ilmakehän osaamiskeskuksen

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Pushing the Boundaries of Climate & Environmental Law and Policy

As the new academic year is starting, numerous projects are already in full swing at the UEF Law School’s Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL). This blog post highlights just three work streams relevant to ACCC. Firstly, work on the upcoming book “Reducing Emissions of Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Perspectives on Law, Science

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New study made in ACCC collaboration explores the effect of precipitation and clouds on particle concentrations

Wet processes in the atmosphere, such as clouds and precipitation, have a strong impact on the concentrations and chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols. New findings from the study show that when air masses travel to the SMEAR II research station located in a rural boreal forest site in Finland in northern Europe, the concentrations of

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Call for Manuscripts to the Journal Big Earth Data

For a Special Issue on High-quality environmental information and analysis for the Arctic boreal region and High Mountain Asia. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following: air quality, atmospheric composition, atmospheric aerosols environmental risks, forest fires, biodiversity loss precipitation, climate and environmental change snow and ice over land and Arctic Ocean Carbon

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PostDoc job opportunity at FMI

Job title: Postdoctoral researcher (Modelling of carbon and nitrogen cycles of ecosystems and using remote sensing observations)  Organization: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)  The Greenhouse Gases and Satellite Methods group of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) seeks for an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral researcher for a climate-relevant research project at Helsinki/Kumpula in Finland. The researcher will work in

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ForClimate: Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation

The ForClimate project explores how forests should be managed to strengthen their role in combating climate change. To do so, the ForClimate consortium made up of the University of Helsinki, LUKE and the Finnish Meteorological Institute received ~two million euros from the Academy of Finland as part of the Academy’s Key Areas for Green and Digital

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ACCC shares “A statement from Academia Europaea’s Board of Trustees” on Ukraine

Under the current conditions, the ACCC centre follows the policies of EU, Finland and the University of Helsinki.  More detailed guidelines are in preparation.  We are temporarily pausing institutional level collaboration with Russia and Belarus.  ACCC Jory agrees with “A statement from Academia Europaea’s Board of Trustees”

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ACCC welcomes Maria Kanakidou and Merete Bilde as new members to the SIAB Board

The Science and Impact Advisory Board (SIAB) is an independent and international board of experts that work to evaluate the strategy and results of ACCC in terms of impact and science. ACCC is proud to welcome two new members to its SIAB Board: Prof. Maria Kanakidou, University of Crete, Greece Prof. Merete Bilde, Aarhus University,

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Call for Nominations: 2nd Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award

Call will be open between 14th February – 16st May 2022 Sergej Zilitinkevich was an extraordinarily creative scientist. His main research area was boundary layer dynamics and turbulence. He utilized his knowledge widely in different scientific disciplines. The following organizations have jointly decided to establish the Sergej Zilitinkevich memorial award: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) European

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