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First joint water monitoring campaign under the CRossWATER project

In July 2025, the first water environment monitoring campaign of the CRossWATER project took place in Zgorzelec and Görlitz. With the support of the water supply companies from Görlitz and Zgorzelec, groundwater samples were collected from 40 locations, along with river water samples from the Lusatian Neisse and Czerwona Woda. Fieldwork also included measurements of...

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The First Application of Critical-to-Point Models to Non-Mining Induced Seismicity

A PhD student at the Institute of Earth Sciences of the University of Silesia, M.Sc. Eng. Przemysław Romański, together with his supervisors, Dr. Maciej Mendecki and Dr. Iwona Stan-Kłeczek, has published an article in the prestigious journal Engineering Geology. The publication, entitled The First Application of AMR Approach to Non-Mining Induced Seismicity: A Case Study...

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Sandur kettle holes as time capsules

Dr Joanna Szafraniec’s research focused on the kettle holes on Skeiðarársandur (Southern Iceland). Their formation is associated with melting buried ice blocks, broken off from the glacier front during glacial floods (jökulhlaup). These landforms are effective sediment traps for aeolian material, where this material can accumulate. Under the contemporary climate warming, younger depressions (~30 years...

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CRossWATER project – the inauguration meeting

On March 21, 2025, the historic Town Hall in Görlitz hosted the inaugural meeting of the CRossWATER project, dedicated to transboundary groundwater resource management in the European twin city of Görlitz-Zgorzelec, within the context of climate change adaptation. The meeting was officially opened by Octavian Ursu, Mayor of Görlitz, and Rafał Gronicz, Mayor of Zgorzelec,...

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(Polski) Unikatowy nowy minerał odkryty przez naszych Naukowców

An article entitled “Ferrodimolybdenite, FeMo3+2S4 from Daba-Siwaqa, Jordan – the first natural compound of trivalent molybdenum” has been published in Mineralogical Magazine in Open Access. Ferrodimolybdenite was found in a sulfide nodule from the anomalously high-temperature paralava of the Hatrurim Complex, Jordan. Ferrodimolybdenite is the first natural trivalent molybdenum compound. Only the minerals with Mo4+...

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Mysteries of Alpine Caves – Evidence of Tectonic Activity

Instrumental studies indicate that the northern part of the Eastern Alps exhibits minimal tectonic activity today, with deformation rates at the limit of detectability. The geological record also shows little evidence on the surface, as erosion outpaces deformation. However, in caves isolated from erosion, even centimeter-scale deformations can be preserved. The 110 km long Königssee–Lammertal–Traunsee...

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Scientific meeting of Institute of Earth Sciences

We cordially invite all staff and students to the scientific meeting featuring a lecture titled “Uplift and Erosion of the High Andes over Multiple Timescales”. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Gregory Hoke from Syracuse University, NY, USA. Date: March 12, 2025, time: 1:00 PM Room: 001

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Research by Dr. Zuzanna Wawrzyniak and Prof. Dr. Hab. Leszek Marynowski revealed how dinosaurs became the dominant animals on Earth

In an article published in the journal “Nature”, a team of scientists from Poland and Sweden analyzed over 500 coprolites and other fossils containing food remnants to reconstruct trophic networks from approximately 200 million years ago. The research focused on the Polish Basin, encompassing areas of Silesia and the Holly Cross Mountains. Among the authors...

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