Category Archives: Science
Easter palms of yesterday and today
Evergreen woody and herbaceous plants still symbolize the resurrection of the body and immortality of [...]
Apr
Nature for human use?
In the Christmas issue of "Water Matters", after a short break, we return to the [...]
Apr
From inviolable flow to environmental flow – revolutionary or evolutionary?
Those who come into contact with the issue of water use are not unfamiliar with [...]
Mar
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 [...]
Mar
The numerator and denominator of Polish retention, or 15% of the outflow. Goal achieved!
In Poland, it has been accepted that retention is primarily the construction of reservoirs, and [...]
Mar
Rivers trapped under cities
Among the numerous ecosystem services provided by rivers that determined the establishment of cities along [...]
Mar
What is an urban heat island?
Probably most of us observe how much the city where we live has developed in [...]
Mar
The dark side of light, or undesirable ALAN
"Mehr Licht!" allegedly exclaimed Goethe on the last day of his life, almost exactly 191 [...]
Mar
What happened to the fish in the Oder River?
Due to the ecological situation in the Oder River in August 2022, which led to [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Feb