Climate-driven crop migration – an ongoing process The effects of climate change can be seen in many different aspects of our lives. One of the most concerning effects is the…





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…
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…
Match words with deeds: Curbing water risk with the Sustainable Development Goal 6 index
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…
The Devil is in the Details: Opportunities and Harms of Water Hyacinth around Lake Victoria
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…
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,…
100 years of Finnish-Russian transboundary water interactions: Reflections on a published study
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…
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…
An automatic combination of existing forecasting approaches can help reduce flood impacts
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…
Global migration and the complex interplay between environmental and social factors
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…
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