Category Archives: Science

Plastic microparticles in lake waters as a global problem – awakening awareness and conservation efforts

Plastics, used in the manufacture of plastic products, are characterized by a number of useful [...]

Ewa Babkiewicz, Ewa Bulska, Eliza Kurek, Magdalena Michalska-Kacymirow, Edyta Woźniak-Dudzińska, Wojciech Pol

Gene banks not just for fish

There are gene banks (germplasm repositories, or germplasm repositories), which collect resources of plants and [...]

Adam Kapler

Aquatic publication review (9)

The year 2024 is expected to be unique in many ways. There are a lot [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Eternal and ubiquitous – PFAS compounds in aquatic environments

Wastewater can provide us with a lot of valuable information about the health status of [...]

Edyta Łaskawiec

Regeneration of aquatic ecosystems loses momentum

The turn of the year is an occasion for most of us to take stock. [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Aquatic publication review (8)

We begin our review of the literature in the Christmas issue of Water Matters with [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Flood, drought and consumer retention

All terrestrial ecosystems depend on water, and all organisms inhabit some type of ecosystem. However, [...]

Elżbieta Nachlik

Genomes – as many as seven in a cell of an inconspicuous alga

Keeping in mind that in biology there are exceptions to almost every rule, it is [...]

Piotr Panek

Aquatic publication review (7)

If we are writing about life in the deep ocean in today's issue of Water [...]

Agnieszka Kolada

Winter burbot spawning

The burbot Lota lota is a true mallard among fish, as it is the only [...]

Adam Kapler