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How to save Parnassius? | Textbook for schools

Current climate change and the related loss of biodiversity affect many species of animals and plants. The latest publication of American researchers “Wings That Make Waves”, was created in cooperation with scientists from the University of Silesia. It presents the history of Parnassius clodius (Parnassius sp.) And shows how the butterfly is connected with ecosystems...

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Students on climate. Systemic changes in education are necessary | Report of researchers from the University of Silesia

Is global warming compounded by greenhouse gas emissions a fact? Are people responsible for climate change? These and a number of other questions related to global changes in the environment were answered by students participating in the study entitled “Students on climate changes”. The study was conducted by Anna Guzy, PhD, and Magdalena Ochwat, PhD,...

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“Recruitment and selection of employees in the era of pandemic” | Report of UŚ scientists

| Angelika M. Pabian, PhD | Digitisation is a progressive process that is gradually becoming a determinant of the direction of economic development in Poland. Digital transformation generates many opportunities, but also shows a lot of threats resulting from both the complexity of the process of implementing new solutions, and the effects of automation in...

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Research on regional physical geography of Poland | Monograph

The book entitled Regionalna geografia fizyczna Polski (Regional Physical Geography of Poland) commissioned by the General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) has been published. Among the authors of the publication were Urszula Myga-Piątek, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor and Jerzy Nita, PhD, DSc, employees of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia. The...

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Street of the University of Silesia in Katowice, or a short history of ul. Bankowa | Interview with Dr Aneta Borowik

What is the article about?What is the article about? Katowice tennis club courts, KS Kolejarz sports field and Torkat – the first artificial ice-skating rink in Poland, as well as Reichsbank, Evangelical Community House (later headquarters of PZPR – Polish United Workers’ Party), finally a botanical garden and a zoo, and the famous Grundmann’s villa...

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State of the Arctic environment report

The virtual Polar Night Week event featured the promotion of the third edition of the annual State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report series, published by the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS). The SESS report summarizes the current state of knowledge about the key parameters of the Arctic environment and their relationship....

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Generalisation of equipartition theorem for quantum systems

|Prof. Jerzy Dajka| In the development of science, especially physics, there were breakthrough moments which radically changed our perspective and understanding of nature. Such were the times of developing Newton’s theory of classical particles, Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and finally the times of formulating quantum mechanics, which describes...

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