Journal Overview
Boreal Environment Research is a truly open access, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to various aspects of the Boreal and Arctic regions and their ecosystems.
The journal offers rapid publication of high quality, original research. From a methodological point of view, manuscripts dealing with atmospheric or ecosystem monitoring and modelling should focus on boreal environments; and may include polar, Arctic and hemi-boreal regions.
Manuscripts dealing with methodological and theoretical concepts, field or laboratory experiments related to the below-mentioned topics are welcome.
Topics include (click for further information):
This journal is a "Diamond open access" journal. As such, the journal does not charge for manuscript submission or processing fees. All manuscripts are published online and freely accessible.
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- Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model
Laura Utriainen, Meri Virman, Anton Laakso, Jenna Ritvanen, Kirsti Jylhä & Joonas Merikanto
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 30: 93-109. Publication date: 10 April2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) | Supplementary Information - Variability of stratification and currents at the submesoscale detected from CTD and current profiles in the central Gulf of Finland
Madis-Jaak Lilover, Urmas Lips, Taavi Liblik, Irina Suhhova & Germo Väli
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 29: 77-92. Publication date: 1 April 2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) - Environmental magnetism assessing coastal deoxygenation history in the northern Baltic Sea during Holocene thermal maximum from a high time resolution sedimentary sequence
Sonja Silvennoinen, Johanna Salminen, Seija Kultti & Niko Putkinen
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 30: 55-76. Publication date: 30 March 2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) | Supplementary Information - Carex Model: A Mire Microtopography Formation Model using Numerical Simulation
Misao Okada & Takashi Inoue
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 29: 39-54. Publication date: 29 January 2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) - The effect of soil amendments on the greenhouse gas production in agricultural peat soils
Jussi G. Ronkainen, Henri Siljanen, Maarit Liimatainen & Marja Maljanen
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 30: 21-37. Publication date: 24 January 2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) | Supplementary Information - Warmer Sphagnum moss, less soil carbon loss: Anaerobic respiration and temperature response along a boreal forest-peatland ecotone
Mackenzie R. Baysinger, Susanne Liebner, Jens Strauss, Sizhong Yang, Katharina Jentzsch, Alexander Bartholomäus & Claire C. Treat
2025: Boreal Env. Res. 30: 1-20. Publication date: 24 January 2025
Abstract | PDF (open access) | Supplementary Information - The influence of dissolved organic matter composition on microbial degradation and carbon dioxide production in pristine subarctic rivers
Taija Saarela, Xudan Zhu, Helena Jäntti, Mizue Ohashi, Jun'ichiro Ide, Henri Siljanen, Aake Pesonen, Heidi Aaltonen, Anne Ojala, Hiroshi Nishimura, Timo Kekäläinen, Janne Jänis, Frank Berninger & Jukka Pumpanen
2024: Boreal Env. Res. 29: 131-148. Publication date: 11 June 2024
Abstract | PDF (open access) | Supplementary Information
As part of the Special Issue, Quantifying and activating the potential of land-based climate change mitigation - Consistent separation of resting stages and vegetative cells of spring bloom dinoflagellates in the Baltic Sea benefits coherent data acquisition
Tobias Lipsewers
2024: Boreal Env. Res. 29: 127-129. Publication date: 11 June 2024
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- Concentration variation of gaseous and particulate pollutants in the Helsinki city centre - observations from a two-year campaign from 2013-2015.
Teinilä K., Aurela M., Niemi J., Kousa A., Petäjä T., Järvi L., Hillamo R., Kangas L., Saarikoski S. & Timonen H.
2019: Boreal Env. Res. 24: 115-136.
Abstract | PDF (open access) - Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea
Jacobson P., Bergström U. & Eklöf J.
2019: Boreal Env. Res. 24: 137–153.
Abstract | PDF (open access) - Time-resolved characterization of biotic stress emissions from Scots pines being fed upon by pine weevil by means of PTR-ToF-MS
Kari E., Faiola C., Isokääntä S., Miettinen P., Yli-Pirilä P., Buchholz A., Kivimäenpää M., Mikkonen S., Holopainen J. & Virtanen A.
2019: Boreal Env. Res. 24: 24-49
Abstract | PDF (open access) - A descriptive analysis of the linkage between the vertical stratification and current oscillations in the Gulf of Finland
Suhhova I., Liblik T., Lilover M.-J. & Lips, U.
2018: Boreal Env. Res. 23: 83-103
Abstract | PDF (open access) - CarbonSink plus - Accounting for multiple climate feedbacks from forests
Kulmala M., Ezhova E., Kalliokoski T., Noe S., Vesala T., Lohila A., Liski J., Makkonen R., Bäck J., Petäjä T. & Kerminen, V.-M.
2020: Boreal Env. Res. 25: 145-159
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- Formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosols: eight years of aerosol size distribution data from SMEAR II, Hyytiälä, Finland.
Miikka Dal Maso, Markku Kulmala, Ilona Riipinen, Robert Wagner, Tareq Hussein, Pasi P. Aalto, Kari E. J. Lehtinen
2005: Boreal Env. Res. 10: 323–336. - Station for Measuring Ecosystem–Atmosphere Relations (SMEAR II).
Pertti Hari, Markku Kulmala
2005: Boreal Env. Res. 10: 315–322. - Climate change projections for Finland during the 21st century.
Kirsti Jylhä, Heikki Tuomenvirta, Kimmo Ruosteenoja
2004: Boreal Env. Res. 9: 127–152. - The physical oceanography of the Gulf of Finland: a review.
Pekka Alenius, Kai Myrberg, Alexei Nekrasov
1998. Boreal Env. Res. 3(2): 97–125. - Annual and size dependent variation of growth rates and ion concentrations in boreal forest.
Anne Hirsikko, Lauri Laakso, Urmas Hörrak, Pasi P. Aalto, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala
2005: Boreal Env. Res. 10: 357–369.
- Quantifying and activating the potential of land-based climate change mitigation
2024: Boreal Env. Res. 29. Publication date: 05 January 2024 (ongoing)
This special issue presents research results on land-based climate change mitigation from the Finnish research flagship "Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center" (ACCC). The general aim of the interdisciplinary research flagship is to provide beyond state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on two of the most urgent global grand challenges, climate change and deteriorating air quality, and to co-create knowledge-based solutions to these challenges together with stakeholders. The work is divided into three research programs and this special issue is dedicated to Research Program 1 that is working towards improved estimates and verification of climate impacts of different natural ecosystems and built environments. The studied climate impacts include greenhouse gas balances, albedo effects, aerosol-cloud-climate effects and water cycle effects. It is also studied how climate feedbacks to ecosystems by measuring the ecosystem responses to climate changes and extreme weather events. This work promotes science-based development of carbon farming practices in agriculture and management practices to increase carbon sinks in forests as well as verifies carbon sequestration. The ultimate goal is to simultaneously optimize the value of carbon storage, biodiversity, and yield.
