Academician Markku Kulmala gives a Frontiers of Science eTALK on Climate, air quality and COVID

22.04.2021 12:00 - 13:00

Frontiers of Science

Academician of Science Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki, Finland
Climate, air quality and COVID
host: Eva-Mari Aro (evaaro@utu.fi)

 

Register latest April 21st at 12:00
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Students and early-career postdocs are welcome to share a virtual cup of coffee and discuss with Prof. Kulmala after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in friendly environment and create connections for future. Every student are welcome to join, in spite of which research group they belong to.

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Academician of Science Markku Kulmala is a professor of aerosol and environmental physics at the University of Helsinki, the world’s most cited geoscientist and a leading climate researcher. He is the head of Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) and he chairs Academy of Finland ACCC Flagship (Atmosphere and Climate Competence Centre, 2020-2024).

Markku Kulmala was establishing the SMEAR (Station for Measuring Earth surface Atmosphere Relations) stations, which monitor more than a thousand different variables of the atmosphere, ecosystems and their interactions. In addition to Finland, measurements are made in China, among other places. The station’s measurements provide accurate information on, for example, the carbon sink of forests and soils and other climate impacts of forests and soils. From a climate point of view, it is necessary to achieve climate neutrality which can be verified by using versatile measurements.

During COVID-19, long-term measurements have shown their effectiveness and usefulness. In China’s major cities, pollution hazards remain the same despite the reduction in emissions, and this is explained by the chemical pollution cocktail present in the city’s air. This explanation would not have come to light without the SMEAR concept. Without a deep scientific understanding, lasting solutions will not be possible, but the achieved results can solve the problem of pollution.

 

Selected publications

Tham YJ, He XC, Li Q, Cuevas CA, Shen J, Kalliokoski J, Yan C, Iyer S, Lehmusjärvi T, Jang S, Thakur RC, Beck L, Kemppainen D, Olin M, … , Kulmala M, O’Dowd C, Dal Maso M, Saiz-Lopez A, Sipilä M. 2021. Direct field evidence of autocatalytic iodine release from atmospheric aerosol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118(4):e2009951118

Viippola V, Yli-Pelkonen V, Järvi L, Kulmala M, Setälä H. 2020. Effects of forests on particle number concentrations in near-road environments across three geographic regions. Environ Pollut. 266(Pt 2):115294.

Dada L, Lehtipalo K, Kontkanen J, Nieminen T, Baalbaki R, Ahonen L, Duplissy J, Yan C, Chu B, Petäjä T, Lehtinen K, Kerminen VM, Kulmala M, Kangasluoma J. 2020. Formation and growth of sub-3-nm aerosol particles in experimental chambers. Nat Protoc. 15:1013-1040

Mohr C, Thornton JA, Heitto A, Lopez-Hilfiker FD, Lutz A, Riipinen I, Hong J, Donahue NM, Hallquist M, Petäjä T, Kulmala M, Yli-Juuti T. 2019. Molecular identification of organic vapors driving atmospheric nanoparticle growth. Nat Commun. 10:4442

 

General information

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