Timo Kumpula
Deputy Head of Department
Professor
Professor, geography, environmental geoinformatics Vice head of department
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Research groups
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CEMMS - Research Center for Mining, Minerals and Society 01.01.2020 - -
Digital Geosciences 01.01.2020 - -
Land use as a modulator of land cover transitions and the ecosystem–atmosphere carbon balance (LANDMOD) Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024
Projects
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of degrading palsa mires and their greenhouse gas fluxes across Fennoscandia (SPACEFEN) 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2029 -
Growth from moss North Karelia 01.01.2024 - 31.05.2026 -
RESONATE: Remote Sensing-based Tools and Methods for Climate Resilient Forests Management 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
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ReindeerPaths - Towards mechanistic understanding of reindeer impacts on wetland carbon balance Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.05.2024 -
SHIFTMIRE -
Empetrum-tundra: Ecological Relationships of a changing Arctic (EmpERA) 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029
Publications
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Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change
Verdonen, Mariana; Barrio, Isabel C.; Barbero-Palacios, Laura; Lopez-Blanco, Efren; Speed, James D. M.; Defourneaux, Mathilde; Garcia Criado, Mariana; Moullec, Mathilde Le; Mellard, Jarad P.; Salazar, Alejandro; Bakke Westergaard, Kristine; Gudmundsson, Jon; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Sigurdsson, Bjarni D.; Austrheim, Gunnar; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Bjornsdottir, Katrin; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Pagneux, Emmanuel P.; Trascau, Beatrice M.; Williamson, David R.; Aradottir, Asa L.; Barry, Alexandra; Bernard, Tangu, 2026, Environmental research letters, 21, 1, 013002. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Classification of tree species and standing dead trees in Boreal forests using UAV-based RGB, multispectral, and LiDAR point clouds
Kuzmin, Anton; Korhonen, Lauri; Tanhuanpaa, Topi; Kukkonen, Mikko; Maltamo, Matti; Kumpula, Timo, 2026, Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, [Epub ahead of print 16 Mar 2026], 1-16. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Abrupt Thaw in a Finnish Palsa: Potential CH4 Production Driven by Vegetation Adaptation in the Transition From Permafrost to Post-Thaw Soils
Baysinger, M R; Laurent, M; Verdonen, M; Reif, J; Kumpula, T; Liebner, S; Treat, C C, 2025, Journal of geophysical research : biogeosciences, 130, 9, e2025JG008847. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Combining UAS-TIR and GEM-2 Techniques for Focused Water Sampling and Isotope Geochemical Analysis at Two Mine Sites in Northern Finland
Ikonen, Juuso; Rauhala, Anssi; Tuomela, Anne; Postila, Heini; Kumpula, Timo; Korpelainen, Pasi; Pietila, Raija; Valta, Riku-Olli; Lerssi, Jouni; Panttila, Hannu; Korkka-Niemi, Kirsti, 2025, Mine water and the environment, 44, 1, 177-198. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Community knowledge exchange in research leads to innovation and action in the Arctic
Fox, Shari; Huntington, Henry P.; Stammler, Florian; Forbes, Bruce C.; Holm, Lene Kielsen; Alexeev, Vladimir; Alexeeva, Ekaterina; Apok, Charlene; Balanov, Vasily; Comeau, Robert; Frederiksen, Bibi; Ivanova, Aytalina; Jaypoody, Jacob; Josefsen, Angunnguaq; Kautuk, Eema; Kautuk, Robert; Kielsen, Erik; Kolesov, Igor; Kumpula, Timo; Magga, Elna; Magga, Juha; Mazzullo, Nuccio; Nielsen, Vittus; Noongwook, George; Oshima, Toku; Pfiefer, Pitseolak; Rufov, Nikolay; Sanila, Tanja; Sleptsov, Nestor; Tapan, 2025, Arctic science, 11, 1-12. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Comparing high-resolution snow mapping approaches in palsa mires: UAS lidar vs. modelling
Stormer, Alexander; Kumpula, Timo; Villoslada, Miguel; Korpelainen, Pasi; Schumacher, Henning; Burkhard, Benjamin, 2025, Cryosphere, 19, 9, 3949-3970. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Drastic peatland regime shift and landscape disturbances connected to warm and cold climate events over the past centuries in subarctic Finland
Piilo, Sanna R; Kuoppamaa, Mari; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Kumpula, Timo; Kuosmanen, Niina; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Väliranta, Minna, 2025, Boreas, 55, 1, 85-97. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Interannual spectral consistency and spatial uncertainties in UAV-based detection of boreal and subarctic mire plant communities
Wolff, Franziska; Kolari, Tiina H. M.; Räsänen, Aleksi; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Korpelainen, Pasi; Villoslada, Miguel; Verdonen, Mariana; Lotsari, Eliisa; Pang, Yuwen; Kumpula, Timo, 2025, Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, 11, 6, 719-739. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Leveraging synergies between UAV and Landsat 8 sensors to evaluate the impact of pale lichen biomass on land surface temperature in heath tundra ecosystems
Villoslada, Miguel; Bergamo, Thaísa; Kolari, Tiina; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Korpelainen, Pasi; Räsänen, Aleksi; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Tømmervik, Hans; Virtanen, Tarmo; Winquist, Emelie; Kumpula, Timo, 2025, Science of the total environment, 969, 178982. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Molecular Footprints of Quaternary Climate Fluctuations in the Circumpolar Tundra Shrub Dwarf Birch
Dance, Maria; Saupe, Erin E; Borrell, James; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Ackerman, Daniel; Assmann, Jakob; Forbes, Bruce C; Gurskaya, Marina; Høye, Toke T; Karlsen, Stein R; Kumpula, Timo; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Loranty, Michael M; Myers‐Smith, Isla; Prevéy, Janet; Rixen, Christian; Schaepman‐Strub, Gabriela; Słowiński, Michał; Słowińska, Sandra; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Speed, James DM; Spiegel, Marcus; Wilmking, Martin; Macias‐Fauria, Marc, 2025, Molecular ecology, 34, 19, e70082. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research