PAP interview with Alicja Bonk
Wildfires are a “burning” issue that we face more and more often. Alicja Bonk gave an interview to Nauka w Polsce (pol. “Science in Poland”), the science news service of the Polish Press Agency (PAP), in which she commented on the fires that recently affected southern Poland. In the same interview, Ala also offered a […]
SGP Awards
The Polish Association of Geomorphologists (Stowarzyszenie Geomorfologów Polskich, SGP) has just announced the results of its annual competition for the best student thesis. The Leszek Starkel Award is given in two categories: bachelor’s/engineering theses and master’s theses defended in a given calendar year. We are delighted to announce that in the bachelor’s thesis category, first […]
Department Seminar – Haidee Cadd
On the last day of April, as is our Thursday tradition, we had the pleasure of hosting Haidee Cadd from the University of Wollongong (Australia). In her talk titled “The ecological legacy of fire in flammable landscapes – understanding the past to improve our future,” Haidee presented the challenges Australia faces in the context of […]
PalaeOpen Workshop
From April 27 to 30, we had the pleasure of organizing and hosting participants of a workshop held as part of the COST Action “PalaeOpen.” The workshop, titled “XRF & Biomarkers Workshop in Gdańsk,” brought together 16 participants and – as the name suggests – focused on topics related to XRF core scanning and, to […]
Publication in QSR – crater lake in Mexico
In a recent publication co-authored by Wojciech Tylmann, the authors studied the crater lake Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (pol. Transmeksykański Pas Wulkaniczny). Drawing on sediments spanning the last 1,500 years and combining mineralogical and geochemical analyses (XRD and XRF), the authors reconstructed changes in hydroclimatic conditions in […]
World Earth Day at CZRUG
On April 22, we celebrated World Earth Day. The Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk organized an event aimed at secondary school students and university students alike. The Prof. Janusz Sokołowski Auditorium, located in the Main Library, was filled with young attendees who had the opportunity to listen to a series of […]
Geographer’s Night 2026
April is a busy month for geography-related events. One of them is the annual Noc Geografa — Geographer’s Night (held this year on April 16), organized by the Student Geographical Research Club of the University of Gdańsk, with which we collaborate closely. This year’s edition was aimed at high school students preparing for their final […]
Online lecture for PTLim – Wojciech Tylmann
On Friday, April 17, Wojciech Tylmann participated in the first edition of an online lecture series organized by the Polish Limnological Society (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Limnologiczne), titled “Closer to Lakes” (pol. „Bliżej jezior”). His talk, titled “Paleolimnological Time Travels: How Has Temperature Changed in the Masurian Lake District Over the Past 10,000 Years?” (pol. „Paleolimnologiczne […]
Department Seminar – Mariusz Lamentowicz
On April 9, our good friend Mariusz Lamentowicz from the Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań paid us a visit. During the seminar, Mariusz presented a talk entitled “Peatlands at the Edge: Long-Term Ecology, Tipping Points, and Restoration Limits.” The lecture shed light on what determines the condition of wetland […]
Publication in CATENA – 13,000 years of fire history
Back-to-back fires are a real problem for the environment, but a second “fire-related” publication by Ala Bonk in the same month is a reason to celebrate! We are pleased to announce the publication of another article on Lake Gorzyńskie (pol. Jezioro Gorzyńskie). It presents 13,000 years of environmental change and fire dynamics in the lake’s […]