The registration opened for the Atmospheric and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) Impact Week. The PEEX is one of the co-organizers of this event. The ACCC Impact Week brings together ACCC research partners and stakeholders to discuss and co-design science-based solutions for safe climate and clean air, and to increase interaction and collaboration on national and international levels. The Impact Week will take place during 7-10 December 2021 in Helsinki at the Sofia Cultural Center in Vuosaari (sofia.fi/en). You are welcome to participate in this hybrid event either by attending the on-site event (max 200 participants), or by following the online streaming. Further detailed information will follow in October, as the COVID-19 situation clarifies. Please, See Agenda here and Register here

Ministry of Education, FI, has granted a project called "Pan-Eurasian EXperiment – Finnish-Russian Earth System Research Network" (PEEX-FRESReN) for funding via Team Finland Knowledge Program The partners of a 2- year project (2023 – 2024) are partners: INAR at the University of Helsinki, Tampere University of Technology and University of Eastern Finland, Russian State Hydrological University, Saint Petersburg State University and Moscow State University. This porject is part of the ACCC activites. The aim of the networking project is to carry out joint education activities through students’/teachers’ mobility between the partners and to share knowledge and experience on state-of-the-art research activities and educational assets like e-learning between partners. For the further information please contact Hanna Lappalainen and Alexander Mahura INAR/UH.

With profound sadness we announce that our colleague Prof. Sergej Zilitinkevich passed away on February 15, 2021 after a short illness. With his passing we have lost a leading scientist in atmospheric turbulence. He will always be remembered as an inspirational and enthusiastic scientist. He was scientifically active until very end, underlined by the fact that his most recent international project had a kick-off meeting last week. His contributions in INAR, in Pan Eurasian Experiment and in the atmospheric science field in general will be dearly missed. On behalf of INAR we would like to extend our deepest condolences to Dr. Iryna Bashmakova and the whole Zilitinkevich family. Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Hanna Lappalainen

Arto Mustajoki, professor emeritus at the University of Helsinki and academician of IEAS, is awarded “in recognition of extensive and meritorious production of information works” by the Finnish Association of Popular Science Literature at the Virtual Book Fair on 24 Oct 2020. Mustajoki has been working as professor of Russian language at the University of Helsinki for over 30 years and an all-rounder in the academic world. As influential scholar in the field of science policy, he is a contributor to many debates and master of promoting science topics. He has also done television programs and educational materials that are in high demand. For half a century, he has been paving the way for Finns to learn more about Russia, its culture and Russian language. One of the main goals of his work is the wish to help people better understand each other.