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58th Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen – Photo report
In August 2022, members of the 58th polar expedition of the University of Silesia to Spitsbergen (Svalbard) returned to Poland. The expedition was the next step in a series of field research on changes in the Arctic’s environment due to accelerated climate warming. Quantitative monitoring and observations of glacier changes in southern Spitsbergen are the...
Freedom of Reasearch | To war with the bee tormentor
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“Clean Odra? Why Not” – photoreport from the kayaking expedition
| Andrzej Woźnica, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor and Damian Absalon, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor | The idea of organising the kayaking expedition on the Odra River was born last year, after the trip down the Vistula River, which was carried out as part of the “Clean Vistula? Why Not” Project. The Odra expedition, like the...
Microplastics-eating caterpillar
| Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | Microplastics are tiny pieces of various plastic materials up to 5 mm in size. Their sources are our clothes, appliances used everyday, for example in the kitchen, cosmetics, and various types of packaging. They can also be formed as a result of the degradation of larger pieces of these materials. It...
“Clean Odra? Why Not” Project
In July 2021, the Silesian Water Centre and the “Why Not” Foundation completed the “Clean Vistula? Why Not” project. As a co-organiser of the endeavour, the University of Silesia took the scientific patronage over the project engaging scientists from various fields: hydrobiologists, hydrologists, chemists, and biologists. The goal of the project was to study water...
We live in a society of risk | Research by Karina Leksy, PhD
| Olimpia Orządała | Uncertainty or nervousness accompanied each of us during the coronavirus pandemic. We dealt with stress in various ways – sometimes better, sometimes worse. Some people used stimulants such as cigarettes or alcohol, some people gorged on sweets, and others enagaged in sports. Karina Leksy, PhD, from the Institute of Pedagogy of...
Analogue games as the cure for post-COVID fog | Research by Tomasz Kopczyński, PhD
| Olimpia Orządała | Many people who suffered from COVID-19 complain of brain fog. It is a syndrome of neurological symptoms consisting of, e.g. impaired concentration and short-term memory, disorientation, and fatigue. Brain fog can occur in various diseases such as auto-immune diseases, borreliosis, neurosis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. Recently, it is often heard as...