Issue 17/2023 (19) of august 25, 2023
NEWS
Are there still free-flowing rivers in Poland? Invitation to cooperate
According to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, one of the goals concerning biodiversity in [...]
Salmon on our tables: do we know where it comes from?
Salmon on our tables: do we know where it comes from? This August was the [...]
Med9 declaration as a response to the water crisis in Southern Europe
Southern Europe faces growing challenges related to water shortages, significantly impacting agriculture, the economy, and [...]
Record low water levels in the Vistula: drought in Poland is a fact
On Friday, September 6th, the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - National Research Institute [...]
Sicily and Sardinia facing drought due to climate change
Two days ago, we wrote about the catastrophic floods in Lombardy and Piedmont, while Sicily [...]
Is tap water clean? Most people have doubts
Although tap water in many parts of the world meets strict quality standards, more than [...]
Downpour in Rome strikes priceless monuments. Flooded Lombardy and Piedmont
An unannounced storm appeared over the Italian capital on Tuesday, September 3, paralyzing the city [...]
Check what’s happening on the Oder River
The Main Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOŚ) has released an interactive map that allows the [...]
CURRENT TOPIC
NGFS, or how banks see climate risk
Have you ever wondered how climate risk affects the financial sector? How do you even measure and price it, how do you forecast it? These are questions that a number of financial institutions, as well as their supervisors, have asked themselves. Out of the need to provide reliable and comparable [...]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Water deficit resilience strategy – EC begins work
As part of its work on a water deficit resilience strategy, the European Economic and [...]
Climate target for 2040. And the path toward climate neutrality by 2050.
The Official Journal of the European Union has published a communication from the European Economic [...]
The fishing situation in the Baltic Sea for 2025.
On August 26, 2024. The European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for [...]
Water management in river basin areas in a changing climate
On July 12, 2024. The European Commission (EC) published guidelines on the impact of climate [...]
WINK
Mariusz Sopyłło
OPINION
Water on the silver globe
Chinese scientists... - someday the day had to come - so, Chinese scientists have discovered [...]
Ice Cup Poland – although the heat outside the window, it’s time to start training
August is the month when up to several hundred winter swimmers begin to prepare for [...]
Alien invasion, or what bad things knotweed can do
There are 3 species of knotweed found in Poland: the Japanese knotweed (Japanese knotweed) (Reynoutria [...]
Dzierżno Duże reservoir in agony
For the past three weeks, a difficult battle has been waged by services and volunteers [...]
WORLD NEWS
What is a river regime?
River regime, defined as the pattern of water flow in a river over the course [...]
These island countries could disappear by 2050.
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century, with [...]
Marble Caves in Chile – a phenomenon on the edge of the world
As the holiday travel season draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the [...]
Sea and ocean water movements
Have you ever wondered what sets the oceans in motion? Imagine that they are giant, [...]
SCIENCE
Aquatic publication review (24)
The end of the vacation season and entry into the new school year coincided with [...]
Parasitism in aquatic ecosystems
Many of us wonder why our ancestors drained so many beautiful meadows. We will stop [...]
Haptophytes – algae little known, but very important
In terms of algae, databases list tens of thousands of confirmed species (the number can [...]
