Coring platform
Her name is “Choike”. She has travelled and sailed halfway around the world and has now found a new home port. Although “choike” is a local term for a subspecies of the rhea bird, this time it refers to a lake sediment coring platform manufactured by UWITEC! From October 23 to 25, Ala Bonk and […]
Daria Wochal (UAM) visiting
On October 21–22, our Department was visited by Daria Wochal from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. During her visit, she met with Ala Bonk to explore the intricacies of macroscopic charcoal analysis in lake sediments. Such short visits are a great opportunity for learning and exchanging experiences in environmental research. We wish Daria continued success […]
New PhD students
We are delighted to welcome two new PhD students to the team at the Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology! Two of our recent graduates have decided to continue their academic careers within our unit. Aleksandra Orłowska will pursue the topic ” The history of fires in the Victoria Region, Australia, in the light of […]
IPA-IAL symposium – France 2025
From October 6th to 10th, three of our representatives took part in the world’s most important congress dedicated to paleolimnological and limnogeological research. The event, organized by IPA and IAL, was held in the picturesque town of Aix-les-Bains by Lake Bourget in France. Our Department was represented by Alicja Bonk, Wojciech Tylmann, and Maurycy Żarczyński. […]
QSR paper – seismites of the Southern Baltic
A major achievement – in terms of subject matter (ice sheet), research area (five countries!), and scope! A newly published article summarizes the GREBAL project, focusing on sedimentary records of seismic events related to the presence of ice sheets. During the Pleistocene, the Baltic Sea region experienced numerous seismic events triggered by the loading and […]
Short stay at UAM Poznań
Our third-year Geography student, Maria Koch, participated in a short training at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań from September 29 to October 3.Under the attentive guidance of Mariusz Bąk from the Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, she honed her skills in identifying plant macrofossils preserved in a peat core from the vicinity of Lake Priamy. […]
Conferences in Borucino and Poznań
In recent weeks, Sambor Czerwiński participated in two scientific conferences. The first was The Global Water Future: A Holistic Approach to Water Monitoring and Conservation, held on September 17–19, 2025, in Borucino at the Water Monitoring and Conservation Center of our university. Sambor co-organized the event and presented the following talk: Shortly after, he attended […]
Paper in Sedimentology – Saalian eskers
We invite everyone interested in landform features related to fissure accumulation to read the latest article co-authored by Damian Moskalewicz and our colleague from the Department of Physical Geography at the University of Łódź. How did eskers form during the Middle Polish Glaciation (Saale)? How did the succession of lithofacies evolve, and can advanced statistical […]
Paper in ESR – multiproxy research on peatlands
Our colleagues from Instytut Geoekologii i Geoinformacji UAM, in collaboration with Sambor Czerwiński, have undertaken a summary of the latest advances in peatland research using a multiproxy approach – combining various indicators such as pollen, plant macrofossils, testate amoebae, biomarkers, and stable isotopes. Peatlands prove to be exceptional archives of climate change and human impact […]
16th Young Geomorphologists’ Workshop – Toruń 2025
From September 22 to 24, Karol Tylmann, Maurycy Żarczyński, and our students – Magdalena Bolek and Anastazja Mastylak – took part in the 16th Young Geomorphologists’ Workshop held in Toruń. The local geomorphologists, both young and more experienced, organized the event at the highest level. Both organizers and participants ensured a great atmosphere and an […]