Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

Forest fires are part of nature's cycle. Due to global warming, however, they may become increasingly frequent. Emissions from forest fires have a significant impact on the climate, air quality and human health.

The Research Council’s funding to Academy Projects in natural sciences and engineering at UEF amounts to 2.68 million euros.

The doctoral conferment festivities in Kuopio culminated in the ceremonial conferment of degrees at the Music Centre in Kuopio on Friday. Doctorates were conferred upon 122 doctoral graduates as well as upon 13 honorary doctors. For the first time in a long while, the conferment procession was seen on the streets of Kuopio.

MSc Ehab Mustafa's doctoral dissertation provides better understanding of the mechanistic basis for the reported carcinogenic effects of RF radiation and ELF MFs.

MSc Agnès Brosset's findings demonstrated that wild and cultivated Brassicaceae emit similar quantities of constitutive and herbivore-induced volatiles. that wild and cultivated Brassicaceae emit similar quantities of constitutive and herbivore-induced volatiles.

“Combustion processes generate air pollution that has an impact on human health and the environment everywhere around the world,” Professor in Emissions of Combustion Processes Olli Sippula says.

The composition of wood chemicals is very complex, which complicates their extraction and further application.

Starting from 2023, UEF will be offering two degree programmes in the field of technology: one in technical physics and the other in sustainable materials and products.

The fertilisers may be harmful for organisms due to harmful organic substances, microplastics, and even genotoxic compounds. The harmful substances can accumulate in the field, plants, and soil organisms.