Expert: climate change affects cities
Cities are affected by global climate change, but at the same time they also modify the local climate, among other things, through the so-called urban heat islands; they also affect precipitation and humidity - told PAP Prof. Krzysztof Fortuniak from the University of Lodz.
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Time capsule with scientific valuables hidden on Spitsbergen
Fragment of a meteorite, fossils, plant seeds, human DNA, tardigrades, coins, photos of the Earth, silicon crystals - are the treasures buried by Polish scientists in a time capsule on Spitsbergen. The container is designed to appear on the surface of the Earth in about 500 thousand years.
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Carbon dioxide in the spectrometer vacuum
Can a carbon dioxide molecule be bent with metal atoms and converted into something chemically useful? How to influence the gas to make it more susceptible to chemical transformation? Studies on CO2, as well as structural analysis of proteins - such as pancreatic digestive enzymes - are enabled by analytical technique called mass spectrometry.
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Scientist: Catastrophic storms will happen more often
Catastrophic storms - like those that rolled through Poland on Friday night - will be more frequent. Their intensity and regularity is influenced by the progressive climate warming, to which man contributes - told PAP atmospheric physicist Prof. Szymon Malinowski.
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What did the origins of life on Earth look like? Bioinformatics experts are checking
How is it possible that life exists on Earth? And that from ordinary elements compounds have formed that can multiply and store information? Simulations on supercomputers help test the hypotheses that explain these phenomena - told PAP bioinformatics expert Prof. Jacek Błażewicz.
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Severe frosts and heavy rains in Europe? The Malay Archipelago may be the key
The occurrence of severe frosts in winter and heavy rains in the summer in Central and Eastern Europe can be influenced by the weather in the tropics, especially the Malay Archipelago. Scientists want to see how strong is the link between the Malay Archipelago climate and extreme weather phenomena in Europe. One of the results of their work could be more accurate long-term weather forecasts.
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Waste processing technology is the best ecological solution in Poland
The Bioelektra Group\'s waste processing technology won the Energy Globe national competition and advanced to the international finals. The jury found it to be the best environmental solution from Poland.
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Expert: Nothing extraordinary is happening in the atmosphere
Rainy weather does not mean that something extraordinary happens in the atmosphere; at this time of year we have a large variability of conditions - told PAP atmospheric physicist Prof. Szymon Malinowski, commenting on heavy rainfall that occurred in many regions of Poland in early May.
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Supersensitive Polish cameras will detect threats to Earth
Supersensitive cameras developed by a Polish company will be the heart of the ground telescope NEOSTEL, whose task will be to search for objects threatening Earth. This way, scientists want to protect us from repeating the famous Tunguska event.
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Polish measurement system on three continents tracks storms on Earth
Powerful storms in tropical areas, spectacular lightning and solar flare effects can be studied with underground receivers of extremely low frequency waves. Poles have three such measurement stations: in the Bieszczady mountains, in the USA and Argentina.
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