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May 28, 2018

Indian Ocean Dipole affects Australian crop growing conditions

Climate oscillations are weather cycles, where atmospheric or oceanic conditions, such as sea surface temperature (SST) or atmospheric pressure, fluctuate regularly. These fluctuations are often related to changes in temperature…

May 14, 2018

A new tool developed for downscaling runoff products

The annual General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union was held in Vienna a month ago. This year three members of the WDRG were presenting, among more than 15000 other…

April 3, 2018

Threats of global food production?

Our doctoral candidate Matias Heino and Assistant Professor Matti Kummu examined the impacts of global climate oscillation on food production. The article “Two-thirds of global cropland area impacted by climate…

March 23, 2018

Opinion piece: Why are water wars back on the agenda? And why we think it’s a bad idea!

On this year’s World Water Day, our Postdoc Fellow Suvi Sojamo joined an opinion piece by an international group of water academics and professionals explaining why the alarmist discourse on…

March 22, 2018

Happy World Water Day!

March 22nd is the international World Water Day, established by United Nations in 1993. This year the theme, “the answer is in nature” emphasized the importance of nature-based solutions in…

March 12, 2018

Greetings from the Global Food Security –conference!

The 3rd International Conference on Global Food Security was organized in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 2017. Two doctoral candidates from the Water and Development Research Group (WDRG), Matias…

February 5, 2018

Development of doctoral education and water research in Finland

One of Aalto University’s goals is to educate doctors with relevant working skills required not only inside the academia but also in the industry. Successful education is a combination of…

January 25, 2018

Greetings from AGU conference!

Dr. Jialiang Cai, postdoctoral researcher at our WDRG, attended the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) during December 11-15. On December 13, he gave an oral presentation…

January 23, 2018

Loppuuko vesi maailmasta?

Tutkijatohtorimme Suvi Sojamo kertoi YLE:n Aamu-tv:ssä maailman makean veden varoista ja veden niukkuudesta. Loppuuko vesi maailmasta? Sojamon mukaan makeaa vettä on riittävästi, mutta se on jakaantunut maapallolla hyvin epätasaisesti, niin…

December 15, 2017

What causes water poverty in Laos?

Water is a crucial element not only for life itself, but our society is based on the availability of sufficient clean water resources. Unfortunately, the availability of clean, safe water…

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