Work Package 4 – CHARTER

Tutkijat toivovat kansalaisilta lumihavaintoja

Dec 19, 2021adminCryosphere, Project News, SnowArctic Centre, Bruce Forbes, Leena Leppänen, Rain on Snow, Sirpa Rasmus, University of Lapland, Work Package 4

Lumen päälle satava vesi ja lumipeitteen jääkerrokset ovat CHARTER- hankkeessa erityisen kiinnostuksen kohteena. Jäiset kerrokset vaikuttavat kasvien talvehtimisoloihin ja vaikeuttavat eläinten kaivautumista lumen läpi. Tällä on merkitystä myös pohjoisen elinkeinoille, muun muassa poronhoidolle. Lumipeitteen kerrosrakenne ja jääkerrokset havaitaan paikan päällä tehtävien lumikuoppien avulla. Näitä havaintoja hyödyntävät satelliittiavusteisten lumihavaintojen kehittäjät sekä lumi- ja ilmastomallinnuksen tekijät. Havaintoaineistoa voisivat käyttää myös alueen asukkaat

Arctic plants engineer their own environments: new CHARTER paper

Sep 29, 2021adminClimate change, Published articlesAndrew Martin, Arctic greening, Dendrochronology, Marc-Macias Fauria, Nitrogen, Salix lanata, Willow, Work Package 4, Yamal, Yuribei

CHARTER post-doc Andrew Martin (Andrew is in Work Package 4, see a video interview with him here) of the University of Oxford has recently published a paper in which he was the lead author (along with Work Package 4 leader Marc Macias-Fauria and CHARTER project leader Bruce Forbes, among others) in the journal, New Phytologist (read full article here, open

First CHARTER General Assembly Approaches

Sep 28, 2021adminProject NewsBruce Forbes, CHARTER Assembly, Fieldwork, Work Package 4

The CHARTER project is now entering its second year and this makes it time for our 1st General Assembly! This will be held in Helsinki, Finland, October 4-7 and will be a hybrid in person/virtual meeting but we are really excited, and thankful, to note that over 40 people will be in attendance, with about 20 people joining virtually. With

CHARTER – New Video Interviews Online

Feb 3, 2021adminProject NewsJussi Eronen, Stefaniya Kamenova, Video, Work Package 2, Work Package 4, Work Package 6

While the continued travel restrictions have limited our abilities to meet, connect and plan in person, the CHARTER project has continued apace virtually. We have added new video interviews with our team to the video gallery, notably Work Package 6 leader Professor Jussi Eronen of the University of Helsinki and one of our (many) new CHARTER post docs Stefaniya Kamenova