Dr Kirsi Keskitalo

I'm an environmental geochemist with research expertise in organic carbon dynamics and isotope geochemistry in both terrestrial and marine environments. My work has largely focused on the Arctic areas trying to understand degradability of organic matter following permafrost thaw. I also research carbon storage in seagrass environments in the Maldives.

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• Can Recent Seagrass Expansion in an Atoll Environment Help to Mitigate Climate Change?, Keskitalo, K., Helber, S., Floyd, M., Mushtag, A., Unsworth, R., Chillingworth, B., Mann, P., Vaughn, D., Sanderson, N., Zuhair, A., Areesh, A., East, H. 22 Feb 2026, The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2026
• In-depth characterisation of organic matter thermal lability and composition from Arctic Permafrost thaw slumps, Bolandini, M., Hemingway, J., Haghipour, N., Keskitalo, K., Vonk, J., Eglinton, T., Bröder, L. 3 Jul 2026, In: Biogeosciences (BG)
• UK Arctic Terrestrial Research: Towards International Polar Year 2032/33 and Beyond: Research Strengths, Priorities and Implementation, Phoenix, G., Harding, M., Hartley, I., Lancastle, L., Murton, J., Parker, T., Rutter, N., Street, L., Abbott, G., Barr, I., de la Barreda-Bautista, B., Belcher, A., Burke, E., Cameron, K., Chaturvedi, V., Clarkson, A., Convey, P., Crouch, J., Dalrymple, S., Dasari, S., Dutch, V., Hilton, B., Hirst, C., Hole, G., Kerby, J., Keskitalo, K., Lim, M., Macias-Fauria, M., Mayfield, R., Palmer, P., Pearce, D., Peck, L., Robinson, C., Sjögersten, S., van Soest, M., Streeter, R., Sulikova, S., Swainston, O., Wookey, P. 24 Mar 2026
• Biogeochemistry and greenhouse gases at an eroding Yedoma permafrost site in Siberia (Duvanny Yar), Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Jong, D., Mann, P., Tesi, T., Davydova, A., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. 2025
• Degradation of Organic Matter in Nearshore Waters of the Canadian Arctic Coast, Keskitalo, K., Lim, M., Martin, J., Lee, R., Whalen, D., Mann, P. 7 Jul 2025, Goldschmidt 2025 Abstracts, European Association of Geochemistry
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Lateral Carbon Dynamics at an Eroding Yedoma Permafrost Site in Siberia (Duvanny Yar), Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Jong, D., Mann, P., Tesi, T., Davydova, A., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. Feb 2025, In: Global Change Biology
• Degradation and composition of organic carbon in the flocculation layer on the Laptev, East Siberian, and Kara seas, Keskitalo, K., Mann, P., Tesi, T., van Dongen, B., Martens, J., Semilitov, I., Dudarev, O., Gustafsson, Ö., Vonk, J. 11 Mar 2024, EGU General Assembly 2024
• Landscape characteristics and particulate organic carbon composition in the Peel River watershed, Canada, Keskitalo, K., Speetjens, N., Overduin, P., Westermann, S., Miesner, F., Sachs, T., Nitze, I., Bröder, L., Lattaud, J., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. 16 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP2024), Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Seasonal particulate organic carbon dynamics of the Kolyma River tributaries, Siberia, Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Tesi, T., Mann, P., Jong, D., Bulte Garcia, S., Davydova, A., Davydov, S., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. 22 Jan 2024, In: Biogeosciences
• The importance of the flocculation layer for permafrost degradation and cross-shelf transport, Madaj, L., Keskitalo, K., Gustafsson, Ö., Tesi, T., Semiletov, I., Dudarev, O., Martens, J., Bröder, L., Haghipour, N., Vonk, J. 16 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP2024), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Environmental Science and other Physical Science PhD