Research subject Water, Permafrost and Environmental Systems

We study natural processes and effects caused by humans as well as their variability and change in water, soil and permafrost.

Conditions and changes in the Earth's freshwater system and permafrost system affect humans and ecosystems and are central to global change. These conditions and changes are important to understand and contribute to new knowledge needed for sustainable development.

Researchers stydy water supply and water quality, how liquid and frozen water on and below the ground interact and how water flows and carries other substances and energy through the landscape - locally, regionally and globally and from the past through the present to the future.

How much organic carbon is present in the landscape of the pan-Arctic permafrost region and what may happen to the carbon in a future warmer climate is analysed. Another area of ​​research is permafrost dynamics in subarctic palsies and palsy plateaus in northern Europe, both during the Holocene and today.

Observations, measurements and experiments in fields and laboratories together with quantitative modeling and calculation methods are used.