Carbon Cycling in Boreal Peatlands and Climate Change IV – Hyytiälä revisited

Mike Waddington

Professor

MacMaster University

Dr. James Michael (Mike) Waddington is a Canada Research Chair in Ecohydrology and a Professor in the School of Earth, Environment & Society at McMaster University. Mike has expertise in boreal wetland research and will talk about shallow peatlands as sentinels of climate change.

Anna Beata Seniczak

Professor

Univeristy of Inland Norway

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Hannu Marttila

Professor

University of Oulu

Hannu Marttila is a Professor at the University of Oulu whose research focuses on hydrology, peatlands, and carbon and nutrient transport in northern environments. Hunting for lateral carbon movement in peatlands’ presentation examines how carbon is transported by water within and from peatlands, and why these often-overlooked lateral fluxes are important for understanding peatland carbon cycling and climate change impacts.

Bjorn Robroek

Associate professor

Radboud University

Bjorn specializes in unraveling the intricate relationships between plants and microbes in peatland ecosystems. His research focuses on understanding how these complex below- and aboveground interactions shape ecosystem functioning. In this light, Bjorn is also fascinated by (plant and microbe) community assembly along large enviro-climatic gradient.

Jenni Hultman

Research professor

LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland)

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Teemu Tahvanainen

University lecturer

University of Eastern Finland

The proliferation of Sphagnum moss growth and connected shift in ecosystem functions is a common phenomenon in peatland development. Triggering or acceleration of the phenomenon is widely observed in northern fens and it is fundamental to post-restoration development. Sphagnum proliferation is a progressive ecosystem shift that can lead to increased carbon accumulation, with remarkable implications for climate change impacts and restoration outcomes.

Monica Vasile

Postdoctoral researcher

University of Oulu

Monica Vasile is a historian of science and the environment with a background in anthropology. Her current research at University of Oulu within the SAFIRE project focuses on peatland restoration in Finland, especially its history and the scientific, political, and social debates surrounding it. She is interested in how restoration practices and ideas of ecological recovery change over time. Her broader research examines the history of conservation, rewilding and species recovery, with a focus on the relationship between scientific knowledge and environmental intervention. Earlier projects explored the political ecology of forests and conservation in Eastern Europe. Her work has been published across environmental history, environmental humanities, political geography, and conservation studies. Photography by Kevin Kallombo.

Annatuuli Saine

For the past ten years, I have been dancing in the Finnish wetlands and bringing Finnish and international artists, researchers, students, and conservationists to dance there with me. Together, we have danced at Siikaneva, Karvasuo, Torronsuo, and Kaitasuo. Now I am dancing alone at Pehkunsuo, in dialogue with Juhani Pallasmaa’s environmental artwork After the Rain.

Juhani Pallasmaa

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Agnes Meyer-Brandis

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