Second Stop: The 2019 Arctic Tundra Fire in Greenland

July 29th, 2024 by Sonja Granqvist/University of Helsinki A combined team from the University of Helsinki (Environmental Change Research Unit), the Finnish Meteorological Institute (Atmospheric Composition Unit), and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Climate & Ecosystems Change) was on its way again to gather groundbreaking data on carbon and aerosol emissions from increasing fires in the northern high latitudes. Our journey began in boreal Quebec and now continues to Arctic Greenland.
Meet the team: Elmiina Pilkama, Meri Ruppel, Sonja Granqvist, Sander Veraverbeke, and Lucas Diaz (from left to right).
Mission: