Polski
Issue 17/2025 (67) of December 19, 2025.
News
Jantar Unity sets off on its first voyage. Polish carriers conquer the Baltic
On 20 January 2026 at 8:30 p.m., a new Polish passenger ferry will depart from [...]
The High Seas Treaty is now in force. Who is holding back on ratification?
On 17 January this year, the High Seas Treaty entered into force. It is the [...]
How to spend the winter holidays? National parks invite you on trips
Not everyone has the opportunity to go skiing in the Alps. Those who plan to [...]
The oldest river in the world is older than dinosaurs
Although it may seem that rivers are a permanent element of the landscape, in reality [...]
Even small doses of pesticides shorten fish lifespans
Modern agriculture uses pesticides to protect crops from pests and minimize economic losses. Compounds lethal [...]
Frozen Masurian lakes. Is an icy surface good news?
A surprisingly frosty start to January has meant that even the largest Masurian lakes are [...]
Japan begins exploitation of the ocean floor
On 12 January, the Japanese mining vessel Chikyu set out on a historic mission to [...]
Fires in Australia, a climate extreme on the other side of the world
While Europe is struggling with frost and an abundance of snow not seen for a [...]
Current topic
A Christmas Eve Tale of Water
Christmas Eve evening is conducive to taking stock. When the official hustle and bustle quiets down for a while, emails stop demanding immediate answers, and the country enters Christmas pause mode, it becomes easier to see what fades into the background on a daily basis. In an old story that [...]
European Commission
Combating environmental crimes
The European Union is stepping up efforts to combat environmental crimes. On December 3, 2025, [...]
EU’s first soil law
On December 16, 2025, the European Union's first law on soil monitoring and resilience entered [...]
Innovation fund: €5.2 billion for clean energy
The European Commission has announced the opening of three new funding opportunities under an innovation [...]
New strategic framework for a competitive and sustainable EU bioeconomy
The European Commission has adopted a new strategic framework for a competitive and sustainable EU [...]
Business & Economics
Continental drying up is a growing threat to the global economy
Every year the world loses 324 billion cubic meters of fresh water - enough to meet the annual needs of 280 million people. Analysis of [...]
Impact of climate disasters on agriculture and food security
As a result of natural disasters in the past three [...]
Wink
Mariusz Sopyłło
Opinion
Hydrosommelier at the Christmas table. On the taste of water, health and the pitfalls of labels
The Christmas tree is sparkling, the kitchen smells of borscht and mushrooms, someone is still nervously putting the finishing touches on the gift list. In [...]
Fridge – sea breeze, hundreds of whispers
In the far north, in secret from the world, nature brings to life extraordinary creatures - full of grace and harmony, with a hint of melancholy and reflection. Here are refrigerators - sky-high acrobats, who are not afraid of the sea depths.
Reindeer on thin ice. On how winter rain is changing the Arctic
There is no Santa Claus and elves with his reindeer sled. Instead, there is global climate change and its multiple effects. The Northwest Passage is becoming more accessible to trade and war fleets. The walls of buildings set on permafrost are cracking. Storms are more [...]
In previous issues
South Korea’s women of the sea – an evolutionary phenomenon
They don't mind cold water, wind or high waves. Haenyeo, or women of the sea, [...]
Dams shift Earth’s poles
The results of a study led by a team of Harvard University scientists provide new [...]
Salt water in agriculture – an innovative approach to crop irrigation
Could salt water irrigation be a solution for farmers struggling with fresh water shortages? Scientists [...]
Cyranid – a living jewel of spring fauna
The Anas crecca is a living jewel of our fauna: the smallest, and according to [...]
World of water
Christmas trees on water – the magic of double light
Christmas trees on the water - sometimes anchored on a steel platform in the middle of the lagoon, other times floating on the quiet and [...]
Christmas markets on the water. Christmas magic reflected in the surface of rivers and lakes
Thousands of lights are reflected in the surface of the [...]
Sience
Microplastics in Greece’s lakes and lagoons. What hides under the surface of the water?
Most previous studies of microplastics in inland waters have focused exclusively on the near-surface layer. This approach only captured light, floating particles, creating only a two-dimensional picture of the pollution. Researchers from the Universities of Patras and Ioannina (Greece) decided to look at the structure [...]
By 2100, summer in Europe could extend by more than 40 days
Lake sediments hide valuable information about changes in climate over tens of millennia. Researchers at Royal Holloway University of London used this underwater database to study how summers in Europe changed during the Holocene era. The results became the basis for formulating a reliable forecast [...]
How restoration is improving the condition of mountain rivers in southern Poland
Many of Poland's mountain rivers have been heavily transformed in recent decades - regulations, channel straightening, vegetation removal and intensive gravel mining have led to [...]
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