Issue 17/2023 (19) of august 25, 2023
NEWS
Psychological effects of a toxic bloom – a lesson from Australia
A year ago, in Wodne Sprawy we wrote about a toxic bloom off the coast [...]
A Clean Transport Zone is being created in Katowice, the third in Poland
On June 29, 2026, the center of Katowice will be closed to cars that do [...]
Ferries in European ports emit more pollution than millions of cars
Road traffic is not the only enemy of clean air. The latest study shows that [...]
Strait of Hormuz under fire. Maritime transport in the Middle East suspended
Following a massive attack by the United States and Israel, the Iranian authorities carried out [...]
Giant tortoises return to the Galapagos Islands after nearly 200 years
It is a historic return – this is how rangers from the Galapagos National Park [...]
One in five fish products is a fraud
Do you think you are buying canned tuna or wild Pacific salmon? That may not [...]
Drones clean the seabed. A new weapon in the fight against waste
Marine litter is not only pieces of plastic drifting on the surface. Tons of heavy [...]
Storks are returning to Poland. Ornithologists prepare nests for their arrival
The Masurian Landscape Park is pleased to announce the return of the stork Krutek from [...]
CURRENT TOPIC
Wetlands remember. On how traditional ecological knowledge can become helpful in conservation
The history of wetlands is written in the field - in the mowing season, in how the water stands after snowmelt or how quickly it drains away in summer, in the plants that return after a wet spring and those that disappear after a dry season. Dr. Joanna Sucholas, an [...]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
New European Ocean Council – objectives, tasks and recruitment of experts
The European Commission has established the High-Level European Ocean Board and announced the recruitment of [...]
Implementation of the Kunming-Montréal biodiversity agreement
The European Commission is actively monitoring and reporting on progress in implementing the Kunming-Montréal Biodiversity [...]
Renewable freshwater resources in Europe
The European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) has analyzed water resources in Europe based on [...]
LIFE program to restore EU wetlands?
Wetlands are essential for building resilience to climate change, protecting biodiversity or fighting pollution. The [...]
WINK
Mariusz Sopyłło
OPINION
A peat bog without water acts like a compost pile. Prof. Viktor Kotovsky explains what degrades wetlands
In wetlands, the most important things happen where you can't see the water table. A [...]
Red list of Natura2000 habitats in Poland
The Habitats Directive mandates the protection of selected aquatic and terrestrial areas distinguished on the [...]
How Polish rivers die. The agony of the Upper Silesian Slepiotka
There is no water in the Slepiotka for most of the year, says Dr. Jerzy [...]
Protection of large carnivores in Poland and Europe
People in highly developed countries support the protection of large predators, as long as they [...]
WORLD NEWS
The world’s most extraordinary waterfalls
The world's most unusual waterfalls are not always the biggest or loudest. Sometimes their magic [...]
Ice roads, or when frozen water becomes a highway
Ice roads only appear for a short while, but in that short time they can [...]
Arctic animals in the water, or who is really not afraid of the cold
In Arctic water, every minute has a price. Rapid hypothermia, muscle stiffness, the cost of [...]
The world’s most dangerous lakes: beauty that can kill
Toxic gases bubbling up from the depths, water corrosive as concentrated acid, boiling boils in [...]
SCIENCE
Pesticides increasingly threatening to biodiversity
Is the world really reducing the chemical threat to nature? The results of the study, [...]
University of Lodz a partner in developing innovations for health and the environment
Although we don't realize it on a daily basis, almost everything that surrounds us and [...]
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Fowl and floating photovoltaic farms – is a joint existence possible?
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) installations are being touted as an idea for producing renewable energy without [...]
