Second PAP interview with Alicja Bonk
Following her comments on the recent wildfires in southern Poland, Alicja Bonk was approached by the editors of Science in Poland (pol. Nauka w Polsce, the Polish science news service run by PAP) to discuss fire events from the more distant past. In her statement, Alicja presented a perspective spanning 13,000 years, drawing on varved […]
Field course “Uplands and Mountains” 2026
As every year in May, we set off with second-year geography students for the “Uplands and Mountains” (pol. Wyżyny i góry) field course. From May 11 to 16, we explored the Kłodzko Valley together – from the foothills and mountain interiors to the peaks and summits, and everything in between! After many years, the final […]
Publication in Biogeosciences – peatland in Solska Forest
After conferences and seminars, it is time for another publication co-authored by Dominika Łuców. The authors traced over 2,300 years of transformation in a peatland in Puszcza Solska (Lublin Voivodeship), which evolved from a stable alder carr dominated – nomen omen – by alder, to a bog pine forest with a predominance of pine. Drawing […]
EGU 2026
From May 3 to 8, Vienna hosted the annual conference of the European Geosciences Union – EGU General Assembly 2026. Our department was represented by Karol Tylmann, who presented a poster on the legends and myths surrounding Poland’s largest erratic boulders (pol. legendy i mity dotyczące największych głazów narzutowych Polski). The light yet compelling topic […]
Department seminar – Torsten Haberzettl
On May 14, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Torsten Habberzettl from the University of Greifswald (Germany) at our departmental seminar. During his talk, entitled “Unlocking Climate Archives on the Roof of the World: From Multi-Lake Studies to an ICDP Deep Drilling” Torsten shared his experiences and findings from the International Continental Scientific Drilling […]
Summer School POLCA 2.0
Between May 4 and 13, 2026, Gdynia hosted the second edition of the International Summer School on Pollution in Coastal Areas – POLCA 2.0 (pol. Międzynarodowa Szkoła Letnia – Zanieczyszczenia w Strefie Brzegowej 2.0), organized by the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk with the support of the Polish National Agency […]
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 […]