Author Archives: Agnieszka Kolada

Very good Mr. Beaver! That is, why we need environmental engineers

I was inspired to write about beavers by the text about keystone (keystone) species and [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Prescription for protective areas of inland water reservoirs – a monograph for theoreticians and practitioners

When we talk about surface water, most of us think: rivers, as if forgetting that [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Clean water, or what kind of water?

We often hear that we need clean water to live, that access to good quality [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

What new things did we learn about golden algae at the Conference at IOŚ-PIB?

On the last day of March, the Institute of Environmental Protection-State Research Institute held a [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Re-wetting peatlands does not restore all their functions. But it’s still worth it!

The canonical phrase of the Hippocratic Oath, "Prevention is better than cure," although formulated nearly [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

The dark side of light, or undesirable ALAN

"Mehr Licht!" allegedly exclaimed Goethe on the last day of his life, almost exactly 191 [...]

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When fresh water is salty, or the answer to a not stupid question

Readers whose childhood and early adolescence coincided with the late 1980s may remember the booklets [...]

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Water through the eyes of a hydrobiologist

I will begin my column about water in the eyes of a hydrobiologist with a [...]

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Eutrophication, or biogenes untamed

So much has already been written about eutrophication that without getting into the details and [...]

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Blood on snow, or snow algae blooms

All children know that snow, at least until it falls on the ground, is white. [...]

Agnieszka Kolada