Concrete and microplastics will remain in layers corresponding to our geological period. Fillings, metal and plastic implants and plastic clothes will also survive, Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, a geologist and proponent of the establishment of the geological epoch called Anthropocene, told PAP.
The water temperature in the Arctic Fuglebekken River in Svalbard increased by 6 degrees Celsius between 2005 and 2022. Scientists from the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who studied this variability, emphasize that they did not expect such large increases.
The Land of Extinct Volcanoes located in the Western Sudetes was added to the UNESCO list of Global Geoparks last week. It is the third Polish geopark in the UNESCO Global Geoparks network.
Despite the huge progress that has been made over several decades, the situation of Polish surface waters is rather bad, although it is no different from Western Europe in this respect. A lot can be changed with simple methods, says Dr. Paweł Jarosiewicz, an ecohydrologist from the University of Lodz.
Scientists from the Space Research Center at the Polish Academy of Sciences have developed a new numerical model of magma intrusion into the crust of the Earth and other planetary bodies. It will help better understand the mechanics of volcanoes, including the past volcanic activity on the Moon and Mars.
Warm February is not an ordinary anomaly; it fits into the picture of global warming. This must be taken seriously, Professor Bogdan Chojnicki from the University of Life Sciences in Poznań told PAP. In his opinion, this is a picture of system-wide climate change.
The bones of a cave lion, a mammoth and reindeer antlers have been discovered by archaeologists working in Cave Raj (Świętokrzyskie). The aim of the research project is the analysis and detailed reconstruction of climatic and environmental changes that occurred in prehistory in southern Poland.
Scientists are now able to check how the ice mass is changing in Greenland and Antarctica, where measuring instruments cannot be installed. The new method involves determining changes in the Earth's shape based on observations of anomalies in the movement of artificial satellites and 'orbit memory'.
In Kenya, the changing climate is disrupting the seasons; the region suffers from water shortages. Brazil faces the predatory exploitation of natural resources. An international team including scientists from Poland wants to support these communities in building the planet's 'resistance' to changing conditions.
Phytoremediation is a method in which plants are used to remove heavy metals from the environment. Thanks to it, scientists from the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU) in Katowice carried out heap recultivation in Ruda Śląska.