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Issue 11/2025 (61) of June 6, 2025.
News
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2025. And in Poland – it’s dry…
oday we celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which aims to raise [...]
A new UN body on pollution to be established. Final round of discussions begins today
Polluted air causes 8.1 million deaths annually, remind experts from the United Nations Environment Programme [...]
Wind erosion: when the wind takes our water
Soil is a water reservoir, and wind is its silent thief. Although wind erosion is [...]
The Orinoco phenomenon – when rivers break hydrological rules
Most rivers flow according to the laws of nature: smaller streams within a drainage basin [...]
What did the UN Ocean Conference in Nice achieve?
Today marks the end of the third UN Ocean Conference, organized by France and Costa [...]
Andrzej Wiercioch’s Borowina Headwaters – a new nature reserve on the map of Poland
Bełchatów is not only a mine and a power plant – emphasized Grzegorz Socha, Regional [...]
Giant catfish in the Oder. How did it survive the ecological disaster?
Michał Chełkowski, an angler from Gryfino, did not expect that while fishing near the Pioneers’ [...]
European Fisheries Funds – new call for applications
Starting from July 7, 2025, applications for funding under Measure 1.9 Control and enforcement of [...]
Current topic
A barrel of water a barrel of laughs. How the media mocks a resource that should command respect
Sometimes I wonder what this water has done to the media, that in every way they try to discourage their audience from treating it with respect. On the one hand, they write - without water there is no life - which is hardly revealing. On the other, every fact related [...]
European Commission
EU prepares for 2025 fire season
Although it would seem that the fire season this year will only begin in a [...]
Green Capital and Green Leaf 2027 awards
The European Commission has launched the call for entries for the European Green Capital and [...]
Strategic Plans for CAP 2023-2027 will be simplified. EC invites consultation
The European Commission President's Policy Guidelines 2024-2029 sets out an action plan for sustainable prosperity. [...]
Renewable hydrogen production in Europe
The European Commission has announced 15 renewable hydrogen production projects that will be publicly funded [...]
Business & Economics
European Central Bank warns of drought impact in eurozone
Droughts could reduce economic output in the EU by up to 15 percent. - predicts the European Central Bank (ECB) based on its climate risk [...]
Climate and biodiversity loss threaten Europeans’ diets
What do corn, rice, wheat, cocoa, coffee and soybeans have [...]
Wink
Mariusz Sopyłło
Opinion
The hydrological situation in Poland in the spring. Analysis and forecasts of the threat of drought
Water - a key resource that determines life, economic development and environmental sustainability. Its availability in the face of ongoing climate change is becoming an [...]
Urban farm in Wroclaw – what has been achieved after the first season?
In Wroclaw, the urban farm has ceased to be just a vision from EU brochures and has become a living organism that grows, reacts and teaches. This venture combines ground-based vegetable growing with education, labor activation and climate change adaptation, while testing how feasible it [...]
Knife in the water part. 3. Did mercury and cyanobacteria lead to the collapse of the Mayan civilization?
A 2020 study of sediment from four major water reservoirs in Tikal has been published. David Lentz's team believes that water contamination by mercury, derived from Mayan dyes, and by cyanobacteria, which thrive on substances from human excrement, may have led to the abandonment of [...]
In previous issues
Spring spawning of freshwater fish
April is an important month in the calendar for many fish, so also for anglers [...]
Cyanobacteria forming a summer water bloom in the Baltic Sea
Harmful algal blooms are a growing problem in both fresh and brackish water, as well [...]
Water springs – places of health, sanctity, origin of many myths and legends
Springs are a very popular alternative to tap or bottled water in Poland. The water [...]
Alien species – invasions that inspire awe
Invasive alien species are considered one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity. However, this [...]
World of water
Sand giants – the largest sand dunes of the world, Europe and Poland
Although dunes are mainly associated with deserts, these impressive sand formations are also found in the temperate climate of Europe, such as the Polish Baltic [...]
Ocean orca – an apex predator of the waters
Although the ocean orca belongs to the dolphin family, it [...]
Sience
How do mangroves respond to climate oscillations?
A team of researchers from Tulane University, Xiamen University and the National University of Singapore has studied how mangrove forests in various locations around the world respond to short-term climate change, particularly that caused by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) [...]
Coastal lagoons like salty soup – how climate change and human activities are affecting them
In May 2025, a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, led by Dr. Chris Keneally, published a paper titled Microbial ecology in hypersaline coastal lagoons: A model for climate-induced coastal salinisation and eutrophication. The paper summarizes research findings on the causes and effects [...]
Rain gardens, or therapy for gated cities
Water can be too much, too little or it can be too polluted. These are the three main problems we face, especially in urban areas. [...]
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