12.07.2018
Runoff uncertainty, rice production and land acquisitions
Among the key parts of our WDRG team and our research are master theses. Currently we have three project workers, who work on their thesis within our group. Veli-Pekka Toivianen…
28.05.2018
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…
14.05.2018
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…
03.04.2018
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…
23.03.2018
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…
22.03.2018
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…
12.03.2018
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…
05.02.2018
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…
25.01.2018
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…
23.01.2018
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…