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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Publication in QSR – 2000 years of fire history (Eifel, Germany)
We are pleased to share news of a new article published in Quaternary Science Reviews, with Alicja Bonk as the lead author. The study presents a reconstruction of fire regime changes in the Eifel mountain region (Germany) over the past 2,000 years, based on high-resolution analyses of sediments from Lake Holzmaar. The research combines charcoal […]
Department Seminars – Wojciech Tylmann
On Thursday, 26 March, the Department held its latest scientific seminar. Our Head, Wojtek Tylmann, presented a talk entitled “Reading the varves of Lake Gorzyńskie: climate change, human impact, and unexpected research perspectives”. The presentation served as a summary of a nearly completed project on multi-proxy research of Lake Gorzyńskie, as well as a suggestion […]
Paleolimnology Session – Wrocław
On 19–20 March 2026, the annual gathering of Polish paleolimnologists took place at the University of Wrocław. The 16th Paleolimnological Session “Methods of Reconstruction of Lake and Peatland Environments” (pol. XVI Sesja Paleolimnologiczna „Metody rekonstrukcji środowisk jeziorno-torfowiskowych”) brought together an exceptionally large group of enthusiasts studying past environments through lake and peatland sediment records. A […]
International Geomorphology Week 2026
At the beginning of March, we celebrated the International Geomorphology Week. As in previous years, we actively took part in the events marking this occasion. On March 3, the Commission on Innovative Research Methods in Geomorphology organised a session for young geomorphologists entitled “Innovations and New Methods in Geomorphology”, during which representatives of four academic […]
International Sedimentological Congress – Wellington (NZ)
We hadn’t been there before! A three-person delegation from our department arrived in Wellington, New Zealand. Between 25 and 30 January, Alicja Bonk, Karol Tylmann and Wojciech Tylmann took part in the International Sedimentological Congress (ISC). Alicja, Karol and Wojtek delivered three presentations in total and co‑authored several others. Moreover, Alicja co‑chaired the session “Varved […]