Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My research focus is on long-term climatic changes and the associated ecological and biogeographical responses. As a quaternary geologists, I operate on long, millennial times-scales and at the interface of geological and biological sciences. Current scientific questions are, for example, the response of northern biota (plants and animals) to the glacial-interglacial warming, the nature of the Holocene thermal maximum and the origin and long-term development of the Boreal biome. My research involves intense collaboration with climate modellers, ecologists, climatologists and computer scientists.
Curriculum vitae
See the attached cv
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- palaeoclimatology
- palaeoecology
- long-term biogeography
- quaternary geology
- 1172 Environmental sciences
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 1991 2019
Abrupt Alnus population decline at the end of the first millennium CE in Europe - The event ecology, possible causes and implications
Latalowa, M., Swieta-Musznicka, J., Slowinski, M., Pedziszewska, A., Noryskiewicz, A. M., Zimny, M., Obremska, M., Ott, F., Stivrins, N., Pasanen, L., Ilvonen, L., Holmstrom, L. & Seppa, H., Aug 2019, In : Holocene. 29, 8, p. 1335-1349 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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An interdecadal climate dipole between Northeast Asia and Antarctica over the past five centuries
Fang, K., Chen, D., Guo, Z., Zhao, Y., Frank, D., He, M., Zhou, F., Shi, F., Seppä, H., Zhang, P. & Neukom, R., Jan 2019, In : Climate dynamics : observational, theoretical and computational research on the climate system. 52, 1-2, p. 765–775 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Evidence of abrupt climate change at 9.3 ka and 8.2 ka in the central Canadian Arctic: Connection to the North Atlantic and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Porinchu, D. F., MacDonald, G. M., Moser, K. A., Rolland, N., Kremenetski, K., Seppa, H. & Ruhland, K. M., 1 Sep 2019, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 219, p. 204-217 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Integrating fire-scar, charcoal and fungal spore data to study fire events in the boreal forest of northern Europe
Stivrins, N., Aakala, T., Ilvonen, L., Pasanen, L., Kuuluvainen, T., Vasander, H., Galka, M., Disbrey, H. R., Liepins, J., Holmstrom, L. & Seppa, H., Sep 2019, In : Holocene. 29, 9, p. 1480-1490 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Interactions between the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems at northern high latitudes
Boy, M., Thomson, E. S., Acosta Navarro, J-C., Arnalds, O., Batchvarova, E., Bäck, J., Berninger, F., Bilde, M., Brasseur, Z., Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P., Castarède, D., Dalirian, M., de Leeuw, G., Dragosics, M., Duplissy, E-M., Duplissy, J., Ekman, A. M. L., Fang, K., Gallet, J-C., Glasius, M. & 43 others, 14 Feb 2019, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19, 3, p. 2015-2061 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Projects 1999 2018
Peatland Ecology Group in the University of Helsinki (PEATLANDERS)
Badorek, T., Jauhiainen, J., Juottonen, H., Juutinen, S., Kaila, A., Kojola, S., Koskinen, M., Kotiaho, M., Laiho, R., Laine, A., Lampela, M., Larmola, T., Leppälä, M., Maanavilja, L., Minkkinen, K., Mäkiranta, P., Ojanen, P., Pearson, M., Peltoniemi, K., Putkinen, A., Riutta, T. E., Sarkkola, S., Seppä, H., Sipilä, T., Straková , P., Tuittila, E., Ťupek, B., Vasander, H., Väliranta, M., Yli-Petäys, M. & Yrjälä, K.
23/02/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
EBOR: Ecological history and long-term dynamics of the Boreal forest ecosystem
Seppä, H., Lasse, H. & Aakala, T.
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
EBOR: Ecological history and long-term dynamics of the Boreal forest ecosystem
Ilvonen, L., Seppä, H. & Holmström, L.
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
Impacts of climate change on Arctic environment, ecosystem services and society
01/01/2011 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research project
Cryosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate (CRAICC)
01/11/2010 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research project
Prizes
"Editor's choice" paper in Journal of Ecology in 2009
Heikki Seppä (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
"Editor's choice" paper in Journal of Ecology in 2011
Heikki Seppä (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2005 2017
Rapid climatic and biotic turnover rates during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition
Heikki Seppä (Speaker)12 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
Heikki Seppä (Supervisor)2016
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
Boreal Environment Research (Journal)
Heikki Seppä (Reviewer)2015 → 2017
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (Journal)
Heikki Seppä (Reviewer)20 Nov 2011
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Journal of Biogeography (Journal)
Heikki Seppä (Reviewer)31 Jan 2011
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts