Author Archives: Piotr Panek
Toxic bloom off the southern coast of Australia
The Australian summer ends with a dinoflagellate bloom on the southern coast. It is a [...]
Apr
New map service layers on the Surface Water Quality Portal of the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOŚ)
At the end of March 2025, new map service layers were launched on the Surface [...]
Mar
Carcinogenesis – why does evolution turn crustaceans into crabs?
Hydrobiologists aside, most people will think of the image of a decapod when they hear [...]
Mar
Releasing fish is not always beneficial
One of the ways non-native species spread is through their release by owners into the [...]
Feb
How river hildenbrandia ceased to be a bioindicator, or even a hildenbrandia
There is no denying that there are species that are more popular than others. In [...]
Jan
Costs of sea level rise on the example of North Carolina
A distinctive feature of the east coast of the United States, especially its southern part, [...]
Jan
Water erosion shapes the Himalayas
The highest place on Earth is the High Himalayan range. It contains 10 of the [...]
Nov
Reintroduction of tigers in Kazakhstan, or water is the key to everything
In September 2024, Kuma and Bohdana, a pair of captive-born Siberian tigers, were allowed into [...]
Oct
The cyprinid herpesvirus caused fish die-off in Lake Słupeckie
The mass fish die-off draws attention. Fish are relatively large organisms, making their bodies more [...]
Sep
Haptophytes – algae little known, but very important
In terms of algae, databases list tens of thousands of confirmed species (the number can [...]
Sep