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Coffee morning - October 2026

Coffee morning - October 2026

In October 2026 we had our sixteenth coffee morning on the topic „Ancient plants, modern challenges: how does climate change affect photosynthesis?“.


Members of FutureScapes talked on "Aktuaalne kaamera" about field island mapping with AI

Members of FutureScapes talked on "Aktuaalne kaamera" about field island mapping with AI

Members of FutureScapes Landscape Geoinformatics Lab, Evelyn Uuemaa and Holger Virro, explained on yesterday’s “Aktuaalne kaamera” how artificial intelligence makes it possible to map new field islands in Estonia.


Five quesions with Eve Veromann

Five quesions with Eve Veromann

Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Eve Veromann, Team Lead of our Agroecology Research Group.


Our Root Ecology Group was featured on "Osoon"

Our Root Ecology Group was featured on "Osoon"

Our Root Ecology Group members Ivika Ostonen-Märtin and Marian Klaus talked on “Osoon” about an exciting new way to monitor root growth underground.


Coffee morning - September 2026

Coffee morning - September 2026

In September 2026 we had our fiftteenth coffee morning on the topic „Estonia’s Vegetation in a Point Cloud: Making National LiDAR Data Ecologically Usable“.


Aveliina Helm talked on "Osoon" about wooded meadows

Aveliina Helm talked on "Osoon" about wooded meadows

On September 14, the episode of “Osoon” took viewers to the wooded meadow of Palupõhja, one of Estonia’s most species-rich and valuable natural areas. The importance and history of Estonia’s wooded meadows was also discussed by Aveliina Helm, head of our Landscape Biodiversity Group.


Five quesions with Kuno Kasak

Five quesions with Kuno Kasak

Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Kuno Kasak, Team lead for FutureScapes Environmental Technology Working Group.


Merle Karro-Kalberg spoke on "Ökoskoop" about biodiversity in urban areas“

Merle Karro-Kalberg spoke on "Ökoskoop" about biodiversity in urban areas“

Merle Karro-Kalberg, a member of our Landscape Biodiversity research group, joined the Estonian radio programme Ökoskoop to discuss how biodiversity can be supported in urban environments.


Five quesions with Evelyn Uuemaa

Five quesions with Evelyn Uuemaa

Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, five questions are answered by Evelyn Uuemaa, the Principal Investigator of FutureScapes and team lead for our Landscape Geoinformatics Lab.


Five quesions with Ivika Ostonen-Märtin

Five quesions with Ivika Ostonen-Märtin

Let’s get to know the people behind FutureScapes better. This time, the five questions are answered by Ivika Ostonen, head of our Root Ecology Group.