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From a grain of sand in a cave to the glacial history of the Carpathians

The traces of the oldest glaciations in mountainous regions are often difficult to identify. Repeated glacier advances can destroy or cover earlier landforms, meaning that conventional geomorphological evidence may no longer be preserved in the landscape. However, new insights can be gained by analyzing individual sand grains. In our recent paper published in Geology, we...

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Water Monitoring in Zgorzelec – Summary of Research to Date and Next Stages of the CRossWATER Project

Hydrogeologists from the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice are continuing fieldwork in Zgorzelec as part of the “CRossWATER: Transboundary groundwater management for a climate-resilient water supply in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec” project, funded by the Interreg Poland–Saxony 2021–2027 programme. Monthly water monitoring, carried out since December 2025, is...

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Can Pastoralism and Tourism Go Hand in Hand? Three Models of Relationships Shaping European Mountain Landscapes

Europe’s traditional mountain landscapes have been undergoing profound transformations for decades as a result of the decline of pastoralism and the expansion of tourism. In an article published in Land Use Policy, Michał Sobala and Anna Żemła-Siesicka from the Landscape Research Group propose a new approach to understanding these changes by applying a modified DPSIR...

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