{"id":86,"date":"2022-02-09T15:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:25:56","slug":"related-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/related-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Related projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our research focuses on <strong>the effects of disturbances on the biogeochemical cycles in boreal and sub-arctic forests, by linking disturbances (fire, wind, ungulates, etc.) and biogeochemical processes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our multidisciplinary research team consists of forest ecologists and soil scientists and we are collaborating with microbiologists and atmospheric scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.helsinki.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/related-projects2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate change is predicted to increase the vulnerability of forests to various disturbances such as drought events, forest fires and permafrost melting.&nbsp;Currently, there is great uncertainty in predicting future climate because Earth system models cannot predict soil carbon (C) dynamics reliably. Permafrost thawing threatens to release vast amounts of C from about 24%, 23 million km2, of the land area in the Northern Hemisphere, but exact interactions between ecosystem disturbances, permafrost thawing, soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and vegetation productivity are not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.helsinki.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/related-projects1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>About 1% of boreal forests, which lie largely on permafrost, burn each year, and the amount of fires is predicted to increase in the future due to climate change. This could lead to increased warming of soil surface and deeper thawing or disintegration of permafrost resulting in an increase in the thickness of biologically active soil layer containing large reserves of easily decomposable C and nitrogen (N). The acceleration of biological processes such as decomposition may lead to substantial changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes (CO<sub>2<\/sub>, CH<sub>4<\/sub> and N<sub>2<\/sub>O). Similar outcomes (increased warming of soil surface, increase in the thickness of biologically active layer, etc.) are also result of removed lichen cover by reindeer (<em>Rangifer tarandus<\/em> L.) grazing in northern boreal and arctic areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08062.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08062.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08062-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08062-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08109.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08109.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08109-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2022\/02\/aDSC08109-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>ONGOING PROJECTS:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/fires-for-the-future\/\"><strong>Fires for the Future: <\/strong>Soil Carbon Dynamics and Ecosystem Service Trade-off in Boreal Forest Restoration <\/a>(2026-2029), Finnish Cultural Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=782&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Climate and air quality impacts of boreal forests (BOFF)<\/strong> <\/a>(2023-2027), Jane and Aatos ERKKO FOUNDATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>PAST PROJECTS:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/arcticfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ARCTICFIRE &#8211;&nbsp;Long term effects of fire on carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes in the arctic permafrost and subarctic forests&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(2015 \u2013 2018), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aka.fi\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academy of Finland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/borealfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BOREALFIRE &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Short and long term effects of forest fires on the stability of carbon pools in&nbsp;boreal forests.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(Sept 2016 \u2013 Aug 2021), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aka.fi\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academy of Finland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/biochar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIOCHAR as a tool for soil quality; can the biochar be used for increasing tree stand productivity and storing carbon into the soil<\/a><\/strong> (2015 \u2013 2018)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.luovasaa.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suomen Luonnonvarain tutkimuss\u00e4\u00e4ti\u00f6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/biocharseedling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biochar as a possible new tool for afforestation practices<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(June 2017 \u2013 Dec 2019)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kollinsaatio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marjatta ja Eino Kollin S\u00e4\u00e4ti\u00f6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/reindeer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reindeer grazing vs changes in above- and below ground biota and soil carbon dynamics in subarctic boreal forests &#8211; guilty or not?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(2015 &#8211; 2016) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koneensaatio.fi\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kone Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/disturbances-and-biogeochemistry\/reindeer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carbon neutrality of reindeer management <\/a>(Hiiliporo)&nbsp;<\/strong>(2013-2014) Finnish Cultural Foundation, Lapland Regional Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research focuses on the effects of disturbances on the biogeochemical cycles in boreal and sub-arctic forests, by linking disturbances (fire, wind, ungulates, etc.) and biogeochemical processes. 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