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 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 […]
Department Seminars – Henrik Rother
On Thursday, November 27, we had the great pleasure of hosting Henrik Rother from the Geological Survey of Saxony-Anhalt (LAGB) at our seminar. Henrik delivered a fascinating lecture entitled “Late Pleistocene deglaciation and Scandinavian Ice Sheet dynamics: new results from 10Be surface exposure dating in NE Germany.” During his highly engaging presentation, Henrik introduced the […]
Workshop for high school
Once again, Ala Bonk — this time supported by Ola Orłowska — had the pleasure of leading a workshop titled “In the Microsphere of Varves – History Recorded in Lake Sediments.” The session was attended by students from the First Academic High School, who visited us under the supervision of our former graduate student, Ania […]
Assoc. Editor in PPG – Damian Moskalewicz
We are pleased to announce that Damian Moskalewicz has been appointed Associate Editor of Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, published by SAGE (140 points in the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education ranking, IF = 3.6, CiteScore = 6.9, H-index = 124, Q1). He will begin his editorial duties at the start […]
Department Seminars – Ana Prohaska
As part of our departmental seminar series, on October 30 we hosted Ana Prohaska from the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen. Ana, a specialist in environmental DNA, gave a talk titled Ancient environment as a new lens into the past: Reconstructing species and ecosystem responses from sedimentary archives, in which she discussed the potential of eDNA […]