Miina Porkka

Miina Porkka

Postdoctoral Researcher
T213 Built Environment
Postdoctoral Researcher

The overall aim of my research is to understand the role of freshwater in the Earth system and the well-being of societies and to provide knowledge that could help minimise the impacts of human actions on these life-supporting functions of water. 

My main focus is currently on assessing human-driven changes in the global water cycle. Under the ERC-funded SOS.aquaterra project, I study freshwater change in the context of the global food system, with the aim to comprehensively define local-to-global safe operating spaces for meeting future food demand. Over the past few years, I have been involved in the reconceptualisation of the Planetary Boundary for freshwater change.

I obtained my doctorate in December 2016 with the Water and Development Research Group at Aalto University. My dissertation explored the implications of water scarcity and agricultural trade for global food availability in the 20th century. During my doctoral research, I was also involved in a number of other projects and collaborations on global water and food issues, including studies on water scarcity, environmental footprints of food waste and diet scenarios, mapping of global irrigation areas, and the water-energy-food nexus.

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Areas of expertise

Water security, Water resilience, Food systems, Food security, Global trade

Research groups

  • Water and Environmental Eng., Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Wolfgang Lucht, Jørgen Bendtsen, Sarah E. Cornell, Jonathan F. Donges, Markus Drüke, Ingo Fetzer, Govindasamy Bala, Werner von Bloh, Georg Feulner, Stephanie Fiedler, Dieter Gerten, Tom Gleeson, Matthias Hofmann, Willem Huiskamp, Matti Kummu, Chinchu Mohan, David Nogués-Bravo, Stefan Petri, Miina Porkka, Stefan Rahmstorf, Sibyll Schaphoff, Kirsten Thonicke, Arne Tobian, Vili Virkki, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Lisa Weber, Johan Rockström 2023 Science Advances

Disparate history of transgressing planetary boundaries for nutrients

V. Sandström, J. Kaseva, M. Porkka, M. Kuisma, Y. Sakieh, H. Kahiluoto 2023 Global Environmental Change

A global analysis of potential self-sufficiency and diversity displays diverse supply risks

Emmy Wassénius, Miina Porkka, Magnus Nyström, Peter Søgaard Jørgensen 2023 GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation

Anna Chrysafi, Vili Virkki, Mika Jalava, Vilma Sandström, Johannes Piipponen, Miina Porkka, Steven J. Lade, Kelsey La Mere, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Laura Scherer, Lauren S. Andersen, Elena Bennett, Kate A. Brauman, Gregory S. Cooper, Adriana De Palma, Petra Doell, Andrea S. Downing, Timothy C. DuBois, Ingo Fetzer, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Dieter Gerten, Hadi Jaafar, Jonas Jägermeyr, Fernando Jaramillo, Martin Jung, Helena Kahiluoto, Luis Lassaletta, Anson W. Mackay, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Kirsty L. Nash, Amandine Pastor, Navin Ramankutty, Brad Ridoutt, Stefan Siebert, Benno Simmons, Arie Staal, Zhongxiao Sun, Arne Tobian, Arkaitz Usubiaga-Liano, Ruud J. van der Ent, Arnout van Soesbergen, Peter H. Verburg, Yoshihide Wada, Sam Zipper, Matti Kummu 2022 Nature Sustainability

Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and the freshwater planetary boundary

Chinchu Mohan, Tom Gleeson, James S. Famiglietti, Vili Virkki, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Xander Huggins, Dieter Gerten, Sonja C. Jähnig 2022 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes

Vili Virkki, Elina Alanärä, Miina Porkka, Lauri Ahopelto, Tom Gleeson, Chinchu Mohan, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Martina Flörke, Dieter Gerten, Simon N. Gosling, Naota Hanasaki, Hannes Müller Schmied, Niko Wanders, Matti Kummu 2022 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

A planetary boundary for green water

Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Arne Tobian, Ruud J. van der Ent, Ingo Fetzer, Sofie te Wierik, Miina Porkka, Arie Staal, Fernando Jaramillo, Heindriken Dahlmann, Chandrakant Singh, Peter Greve, Dieter Gerten, Patrick W. Keys, Tom Gleeson, Sarah E. Cornell, Will Steffen, Xuemei Bai, Johan Rockström 2022 Nature Reviews : Earth and Environment

Is wetter better? Exploring agriculturally-relevant rainfall characteristics over four decades in the Sahel

Miina Porkka, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Georgia Destouni, Annika Ekman, Johan Rockström, Line Josefin Gordon 2021 Environmental Research Letters

Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth system resilience in the Anthropocene

Tom Gleeson, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Miina Porkka, Samuel C. Zipper, Fernando Jaramillo, Dieter Gerten, Ingo Fetzer, Sarah E. Cornell, Luigi Piemontese, Line J. Gordon, Johan Rockström, Taikan Oki, Murugesu Sivapalan, Yoshihide Wada, Kate A. Brauman, Martina Flörke, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Bernhard Lehner, Patrick Keys, Matti Kummu, Thorsten Wagener, Simon Dadson, Tara J. Troy, Will Steffen, Malin Falkenmark, James S. Famiglietti 2020 Water Resources Research

The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision

Tom Gleeson, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Samuel C. Zipper, Miina Porkka, Fernando Jaramillo, Dieter Gerten, Ingo Fetzer, Sarah E. Cornell, Luigi Piemontese, Line J. Gordon, Johan Rockström, Taikan Oki, Murugesu Sivapalan, Yoshihide Wada, Kate A. Brauman, Martina Flörke, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Bernhard Lehner, Patrick Keys, Matti Kummu, Thorsten Wagener, Simon Dadson, Tara J. Troy, Will Steffen, Malin Falkenmark, James S. Famiglietti 2020 One Earth

Giving legs to handprint thinking : foundations for evaluating the good we do

Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Suvi Sojamo, Miina Porkka, Dieter Gerten, Mika Jalava, Leena Lankoski, Elina Lehikoinen, Michael Lettenmeier, Stephan Pfister, Kirsi Usva, Yoshihide Wada, Matti Kummu 2020 Earth's Future

Simulating the Cascading Effects of an Extreme Agricultural Production Shock : Global Implications of a Contemporary US Dust Bowl Event

Alison Heslin, Michael J. Puma, Philippe Marchand, Joel A. Carr, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Paolo D'Odorico, Jessica A. Gephart, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Maria Cristina Rulli, David A. Seekell, Samir Suweis, Alessandro Tavoni 2020 Frontiers in sustainable food systems

School Choice to Lower Secondary Schools and Mechanisms of Segregation in Urban Finland

Sonja Kosunen, Venla Bernelius, Piia Seppänen, Miina Porkka 2020 URBAN EDUCATION

Interplay of trade and food system resilience : Gains on supply diversity over time at the cost of trade independency

Matti Kummu, Pekka Kinnunen, Elina Lehikoinen, Miina Porkka, Cibele Queiroz, Elin Röös, Max Troell, Charlotte Weil 2020 GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales

Samuel C. Zipper, Fernando Jaramillo, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Sarah E. Cornell, Tom Gleeson, Miina Porkka, Tiina Häyhä, Anne-Sophie Crepin, Ingo Fetzer, Dieter Gerten, Holger Hoff, Nathanial Matthews, Constanza Ricaurte-Villota, Matti Kummu, Yoshihide Wada, Line Gordon 2020 Earth's Future

Invisible water security: Moisture recycling and water resilience

Patrick W. Keys, Miina Porkka, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Ingo Fetzer, Tom Gleeson, Line J. Gordon 2019 Water Security

Bringing it all together : linking measures to secure nations’ food supply

Matti Kummu, Marianela Fader, Dieter Gerten, Joseph HA Guillaume, Mika Jalava, Jonas Jägermeyr, Stephan Pfister, Miina Porkka, Stefan Siebert, Olli Varis 2017 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The use of food imports to overcome local limits to growth

Miina Porkka, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Stefan Siebert, Sibyll Schaphoff, Matti Kummu 2017 Earth's Future

Resilience in the global food system

David A. Seekell, Joel Carr, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Paolo D'Odorico, Marianela Fader, Jessica A. Gephart, Matti Kummu, Nicholas Magliocca, Miina Porkka, Michael J. Puma, Zak Ratajczak, Maria Cristina Rulli, Samir Suweis, Alessandro Tavoni 2017 Environmental Research Letters

Past and present biophysical redundancy of countries as a buffer to changes in food supply

Marianela Fader, Maria Cristina Rulli, Joel Carr, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Paolo D'Odorico, Jessica A. Gephart, Matti Kummu, Nicholas Magliocca, Miina Porkka, Christina Prell, Michael J. Puma, Zak Ratajczak, David Aseekell, Samir Suweis, Alessandro Tavoni 2016 Environmental Research Letters

Diet change and food loss reduction

Mika Jalava, Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Stefan Siebert, Olli Varis 2016 Earth's Future

The water-energy-food nexus and the transboundary context

Marko Keskinen, Joseph H A Guillaume, Mirja Kattelus, Miina Porkka, Timo A. Räsänen, Olli Varis 2016 WATER

The world's road to water scarcity

M. Kummu, J. H A Guillaume, H. De Moel, S. Eisner, M. Flörke, M. Porkka, S. Siebert, T. I E Veldkamp, P. J. Ward 2016 Scientific Reports

Reserves and trade jointly determine exposure to food supply shocks

Philippe Marchand, Joel A. Carr, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Marianela Fader, Jessica A. Gephart, Matti Kummu, Nicholas R. Magliocca, Miina Porkka, Michael J. Puma, Zak Ratajczak, Maria Cristina Rulli, David A. Seekell, Samir Suweis, Alessandro Tavoni, Paolo D'Odorico 2016 Environmental Research Letters

Water stress in global transboundary river basins

H. Munia, J. H. A. Guillaume, N. Mirumachi, M. Porkka, Y. Wada, M. Kummu 2016 Environmental Research Letters

Causes and trends of water scarcity in food production

Miina Porkka, Dieter Gerten, Sibyll Schaphoff, Stefan Siebert, Matti Kummu 2016 Environmental Research Letters

The role of virtual water flows in physical water scarcity

Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert, Martina Florke 2016 Water and Security in Central Asia: Solving a Rubik's Cube

Exploring the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem in Spatial Water Assessments: A Case of Water Shortage in Monsoon Asia

Aura Salmivaara, Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Marko Keskinen, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Olli Varis 2015 WATER

A global data set of the extent of irrigated land from 1900 to 2005

Stefan Siebert, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Petra Döll, Navin Ramankutty, Bridget R. Scanlon 2015 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

A conceptual model to guide exploration of global food-water security

Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Olli Varis 2014 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, San Diego, CA, USA, June 15-19, 2014

Diet change - a solution to reduce water use ?

Mika Jalava, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Stefan Siebert, Olli Varis 2014 Environmental Research Letters

A global dataset of the extent of irrigated land from 1900 to 2005

S. Siebert, M. Kummu, M. Porkka, Petra Döll, N. Ramankutty, B. R. Scanlon 2014 HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DISCUSSIONS

From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: a historical analysis of global food availability

Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert, Olli Varis 2013 PloS one

Lost food, wasted resources: global food supply chain losses and their impacts on freshwater, cropland, and fertiliser use

Matti Kummu, Hans de Moel, Miina Porkka, Stefan Siebert, Olli Varis, Philip J Ward 2012 Science of the Total Environment

The Role of Virtual Water Flows in Physical Water Scarcity: The Case of Central Asia

Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert, Martina Flörke 2012 International Journal of Water Resources Development

The Role of Virtual Water Flows in Physical Water Scarcity: The Case of Central Asia

Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert, Martina Flörke 2012 International Journal of Water Resources Development

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