Conference: Suopäivä – Peatland day

When: 31 January 2020Where: Helsinki, FinlandConsortium Partner: Luke The Suopäivä – Peatland Day Conference was a very interesting day. The main topic was forest management for a better water quality. There were several interesting sessions that we attended:...

Proud of the OPERANDUM team!

We are very pleased to see the very first article of the OPERANDUM project in the most downloaded articles list of the Environmental Research journal. It just goes to show that the concepts of Nature-based solutions for hydrometeorological hazards are a sought-after...

Extreme weather patterns in Europe

Were you, like us, scrambling to the nearby store to buy a fan last summer? Or finding any opportunity to jump into a lake or sea nearby to stay cool? If these sound like taking extreme measures to beat the weather, that is absolutely true! We are nowadays...

Climate Crisis: Who is the culprit?

It is safe to say that these days, we are all bombarded with terms and phenomena like Greenhouse gases, Global Warming, Rising Sea Levels, Forest fires, etc. By now, most of know the meaning and devastating nature of these issues. However, we find ourselves in a...

Soil erosion along rivers and coastal areas in Europe

One of the focus areas of OPERANDUM is to deal with soil loss and soil erosion issues. 3 of our 9 Open-Air Laboratories have invested their efforts in controlling the damage caused by erosion. Although this phenomenon is natural and has always existed, the current...