Publication in QSR – Cistercian activity and peatlands
A new article has been published in Quaternary Science Reviews, with Sambor Czerwiński as the first author. The authors demonstrate that long-term hydrological changes in peatlands in western Poland were closely linked to historical land-use changes. Based on high-resolution paleoenvironmental data and historical sources, they reconstructed nearly 1,000 years of human–environment interactions recorded in the […]
Department Seminars – Sanjaya Gurung
Without a doubt, we have started the new year with a focus on erratic boulders and the ice sheet. On Thursday, January 8, as part of our departmental seminars, Sanjaya Gurung presented the progress of his doctoral research. In his talk entitled “Surface exposure dating of Saalian erratic boulders with in-situ cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al […]
Publication in Quaternary International – Pleistocene glaciation in northern Poland
The year has just begun, and we already have another publication – once again in Quaternary International!The team from the Geomorphological Reconstruction Laboratory (Karol Tylmann, Piotr Woźniak, Damian Moskalewicz), together with co-authors from other institutions, explored the behavior of the last Pleistocene ice sheet at the northern edge of Poland.It will come as no surprise […]
Department Seminars – Dominika Łuców
On Thursday, December 18, the last scientific seminar of this year was held at our Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology. Our guest was Dominika Łuców from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In her presentation entitled “Eutrophication of lakes: the case of biodiversity assessment and potential use […]
Publication in ESSD – global peat depth database
How can we better understand the role of peatlands in the Earth system? The answer lies in Peat-DBase v1.0 – the largest and most comprehensive peat thickness database in the world. In a study published in Earth System Science Data, co-authored by Sambor Czerwiński, more than 200,000 measurements from across the globe were compiled – […]
Publication in Quaternary International – reflectance in paleofire studies
An article titled “Assessing the usage of flammability experiments and charcoal reflectance for interpreting the late Holocene record of fire” has just been published in Quaternary International. The first author of the publication is Alicja Bonk, and the co-author team includes Wojciech Tylmann. The authors proposed a new approach to reconstructing past fires by combining […]
Publication in Anthropocene – hypoxia and primary production in Masuria
Changes in oxygenation and lake productivity vary over time. One of the most important factors controlling these processes is land cover in the catchment area. The team, which includes Wojciech Tylmann, analyzed the impact of land-use changes and human activities on the mixing of lakes located in the Masurian and Suwałki regions. In an article […]
Publication in Anthropocene – hypolimnetic anoxia development
Water bodies, especially those located in urban areas, can respond very quickly to pollution. A research team including Wojciech Tylmann analyzed this process using the example of Maljalahti Bay, situated near the city of Kuopio in Finland. The ecosystem’s responses to events such as sewage discharge, construction of a wastewater treatment plant, and the installation […]
Department Seminars – Olga Reutt
On Thursday, December 11, our Department hosted another scientific seminar. This time, we had the pleasure of listening to a presentation by Olga Reutt, who introduced the topic: “Local bedrock contribution to geochemistry of glacigenic deposits – case study at Årsdale, Bornholm.” Olga presented an engaging and accessible combination of geology and geochemistry in the […]
Publication in Ocean Coast. Manag. – Shoreline Management in China
Although December weather still surrounds us and the calendar shows 2025, we are moving forward in time and sharing our first publication for 2026. Together with Patryk Sitkiewicz, we explore a place we have never visited before – a high-energy coastline along the Taiwan Strait in China. A series of fascinating shoreline restoration measures were […]