Luomus annual report 2017–2018
This is the annual report of the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus. It features the events and highlights of 2017 and 2018 while documenting the operations of Luomus. The selected videos and releases below provide a cross-section of recent research, operations, celebrations and work at Luomus.
Director’s review of 2017 and 2018 at Luomus
News
Cuckoo wasps are becoming endangered faster than their host species
A recent doctoral dissertation indicates that populations of cuckoo wasps have markedly declined in Finland since the 1960s. A species...
Who would digitise nature? Over 13 million specimens are waiting
A collection of 13.3 million animal, plant, fungal, mineral and fossil specimens, collected over more than 300 years, is housed...
340 years of national collections! View the anniversary videos on research (in Finnish only)
In November 2018 the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus celebrated the 340th anniversary of the national collections in natural...
Conservation areas help birdlife adapt to climate change
As the climate warms up, the belts of current climate conditions beneficial to various species move further north, forcing species...
Fiercest solar storm in history dated through trees growing in Lapland
Should a storm of similar magnitude occur now, it would have dramatic consequences, including damage to modern navigation and communication...
Skeleton of a Javan tiger, an extinct species, restored for an exhibition
The skeleton of a Javan tiger, a rare object in museums anywhere in the world, was made part of the...
Researcher exchange provided information on the mass-rearing of insects
In FlyHigh, a project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by the Finnish Museum of Natural History,...
Lieksa meteorite included in the geological collections of Luomus
In 2017 Pekka Vallimies, a resident of the Finnish town of Lieksa, found a meteorite while picking mushrooms. The Geological...
Great magma eruptions had two sources
Research at Finnish Museum of Natural History may explain controversies related to great magma eruptions. Published on 3 April 2018,...
Fish the primary source of nutrition in medieval Northern Ostrobothnia, a recent study reveals
Researchers investigated the diet of people buried in the Ii Hamina cemetery from the 15th to the 17th centuries by...
Finland’s birdlife markedly changing due to climate change and land use
Turnover among Finland’s breeding bird species has been great in the past decades, indicates a study completed in 2018, carried...
Tree of Life opened to the public
The Tree of Life was opened at the Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden on Finnish Nature Day (17 June 2017). The tree,...
