Black carbon deposition in the European Arctic

27.5.2015 20:17

Meri M. Ruppel, will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Black carbon deposition in the European Arctic from the preindustrial to the present" in the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, on 10 June 2015. Meri Ruppel took part to the Arktis doctoral program led by the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.

The study shows that black carbon may have exerted a significant impact on the radiative forcing and thereby past climatic warming of the Arctic, in the most recent three or four decades. However, the present study indicates that local results cannot necessarily be extrapolated over wider areas, and therefore further studies are required to establish regional black carbon deposition trends within the Arctic.

Professor Richard Bindler, Umeå University, will serve as the opponent, and Professor Atte Korhola as the custos.

More information on the Helsinki University website.

Contacts:
Meri M. Ruppel
meri.ruppel[at]helsinki.fi