Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

Saimaannorppa kallliolla. Kuva: Mervi Kunnasranta.

Nearly 40 years of research into the Saimaa ringed seal

News | 10.7.2019

Niitty

Farm-like indoor microbiota may protect children from asthma also in urban homes

News | 18.6.2019

A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles that of a farm house.

Siittiöitä

Gamete signalling may explain infertility

News | 13.6.2019

Vesipullosta kaadetaan vettä.

Development of methods for microplastics research moves forward

News | 5.6.2019

Raine Kortet

Whitefish struggle with many environmental hazards

News | 23.5.2019

Illustration of things one can do to mitigate climate change.

Six things you can do to mitigate climate change

News | 6.5.2019

Saimaannorppa kallliolla. Kuva: Mervi Kunnasranta.

Finnish-Russian project promotes coexistence of seals and humans on Lake Saimaa and Lake Ladoga

News | 12.4.2019

Suomaisema

New research from the Arctic: thawing permafrost peatlands may add to atmospheric CO2 burden

News | 1.3.2019

Kosteikko

Ancient wetlands provide new insight into global carbon cycle

News | 26.2.2019

Kangasrousku, kuva Janne Koskinen

There’s a fly in my mushroom soup – scientists explore fungus-associated insects

News | 7.2.2019