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Expert Elicitation Explained by an Expert

(by: Daniel Chrisendo) There are so many important things in the world that are still unknown. How is the future of the earth? Is a bigger pandemic of infectious diseases coming soon? Can we really build an underwater settlement? Is…

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Water networks, but not the way you think

When we think of water networks, we usually imagine either pipes underground or rivers flowing and connecting through the landscape. But there are also social networks, which not only refer to face-to-face and personal relationships, but also connections between actors,…

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Match words with deeds: Curbing water risk with the Sustainable Development...

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were proposed to tackle social, economic, and environmental challenges in the realm of sustainable development, since the 2030 Agenda was unanimously endorsed worldwide in 2015 (United Nations, 2018). The SDG 6—Ensure availability and sustainable management…

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The Devil is in the Details: Opportunities and Harms of Water Hyacinth around...

The pungent smell of fish got more intense as our bus got closer to Dunga, a fishing village on the shore of Kenya’s Lake Victoria. The sun was almost straight above us, grilling us pitiless, who usually dwell in one…

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A simple solution for disaster water treatment

Our new study, Solar disinfection – An appropriate water treatment method to inactivate faecal bacteria in cold climates 1, was recently published in Science of the Total Environment. In short, the conclusion of the study is that solar water disinfection…

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100 years of Finnish-Russian transboundary water interactions: Reflections on a...

This blog post reflects my recently published peer-reviewed article, co-authored by Professor Keskinen (Haapala & Keskinen, 2022). The article reviews the history of Finland’s cross-boundary cooperation with Russia, focusing on the development of water diplomacy and water cooperation. In particular,…

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How to educate doctors?

In this post we summarize the final report of MVTT’s impact assessment of the Majakka project. The synthesis can be found in Finnish from MVTT’s home page. The assessment was performed by Gaia consulting. For the past five years (2017-2021),…

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An automatic combination of existing forecasting approaches can help reduce...

In the fall of 2019, a weather phenomenon known in Spain as “DANA” or “Gota Fría” devastated the south-eastern part of the country. Torrential rains of 460 mm in 24 hours caused floods in numerous locations, claiming a total of seven lives…

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Global migration and the complex interplay between environmental and social...

Featured image © Irina Nazarova | Dreamstime.com   Venla Niva shares insights from a recent article exploring the interplay of environmental and social factors behind human migration. The project was carried out in collaboration with Raya Muttarak from the IIASA…

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Our PhD journey so far: zero first-author articles in two years

Getting started with things is always a bit of a hassle. Completing a PhD is a relatively massive and relatively vague thing. We’ve now been getting vaguely started for a couple of years, and in the meantime, we’ve massively questioned…

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