Issue 17/2023 (19) of august 25, 2023
NEWS
Wody Polskie prepared for the winter of 2025/26. Will icebreaking operations be needed?
Winter is not commonly associated with flooding, yet ice phenomena on rivers create a serious [...]
75-year-old female albatross will lay eggs again – a record in the world of bird breeding
The news about another breeding attempt by the legendary female albatross named Wisdom has sparked [...]
Santa Claus effect, or how tourists are damaging Lapland
In the past, it was enough for us to know that Santa Claus lived in [...]
European Funds will bring lakes back to Szczytno
Let’s return to the lakes – referring to the words of a well-known song by [...]
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Norway is building the longest underwater tunnel in the world
Construction is underway in Norway on a 27-kilometer tunnel that will connect the coastal cities [...]
National Forest Programme. Your voice on the future of forests!
Everyone who cares about protecting forests and managing them responsibly in Poland can take part [...]
Is the air over Europe becoming cleaner? 280,000 deaths per year
Almost 280,000 people die annually in Europe due to air pollution, according to the latest [...]
Coffee demand in Sweden has a greater impact on Amazon deforestation than beef
Daily consumer choices in Europe have a significant impact on the condition of Brazil’s tropical [...]
CURRENT TOPIC
Where life slowly returns. About people who hold the fate of wild animals in their hands
When a wild animal stands on the brink of life and death, there is usually no support institution by its side. There is no procedure that guarantees rescue, nor a system that will secure the cost of treatment. Instead, there are people who answer the phone at all hours and [...]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Sustainable water management will strengthen resilience to water scarcity
The European Commission is launching dialogues with member states to enhance sustainable water management and [...]
EU 2040 climate target – EU ambitions versus Polish reservations
The European Parliament has adopted a position on the European Commission's proposal to amend the [...]
Underwater world haunted by ghost networks
Ghost nets are old fishing nets or fragments of nets that are lying in the [...]
Quarantine pests in the EU: a new assessment of potential impacts
The Joint Research Center (JRC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluated 46 pests [...]
WINK
Mariusz Sopyłło
OPINION
Climate, nature and farming – why protecting and restoring wetlands is important
Protection and restoration of wetlands in agricultural landscapes are key activities for climate and biodiversity [...]
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Carbon in agriculturally used peatlands in Poland
Peatlands are one of the most important terrestrial stores of organic carbon, but their drainage [...]
Noble fish on Polish tables
It is impossible to imagine a traditional Polish Christmas Eve without carp in jelly and [...]
GIA report on the state of surface water for 2019-2024
As required by the classification regulation, the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection published an assessment [...]
WORLD NEWS
Floating fair, or shopping on the water
Floating markets come alive with the first rays of the sun: the hum of oars [...]
The world’s strangest lakes: boiling, black, disappearing
It would seem that each of us knows what a lake looks like - a [...]
The world’s most beautiful lagoons
Silence, tranquility and closeness to nature - this is what the world's most beautiful lagoons [...]
Underwater cities hidden just below the surface
Although Atlantis has fired the imagination for centuries, it is most likely a legend. Meanwhile, [...]
SCIENCE
How can climate change disrupt plant reproduction?
A team of researchers led by Dr. Valentin Journé and Prof. Michal Bogdziewicz of Adam [...]
Microorganisms in groundwater reduce methane emissions
Methane (CH4) is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, accounting for about 30 percent [...]
Artificial wetlands as an idea for water purification
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are increasingly common natural wastewater treatment systems. They use the interaction of [...]
