Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

Funding was granted to three new Academy Research Fellows, 11 Academy Projects and one new Clinical Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.

The University of Eastern Finland has years of experience in research addressing the cultivation of strawberries. The latest cultivation experiments show that strawberries can be grown cost-effectively and self-sufficiently, even from seeds.

A Saimaa ringed seal was successfully translocated from Pihlajavesi basin to Kolovesi basin late this May.

Finnish indoor air quality (IAQ) researchers in collaboration with forerunner companies, municipalities and cities, are launching a groundbreaking new co-innovation project titled GIANT (Global trends in IAQ: Novel technologies, Competence and Business).

The results of MSc Petri Kesti's dissertation can help understand the effects of browning of waters on biota.

Heatwave-associated morbidity may vary depending on the duration and intensity of the hot period and can affect people from all age groups, says Hasan Sohail, MSc.

MSc Xudan Zhu revealed that terrestrial greening and altering hydrology following climate change may have a major impact on DOC concentration in aquatic ecosystems.

The 5th Finnish Molecular Ecology Symposium will be held on the Joensuu Campus of the University of Eastern Finland on 24–26 April 2024.

The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature.