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Small impoundment – big changes

Riverbank filtration allows river water to be used for drinking water production through natural processes occurring in sand and gravel deposits. Can the commissioning of a small hydropower plant near a riverbank filtration site affect this process? Research conducted at Kępa Bogumiłowicka, near Tarnów, by hydrogeologists from the University of Silesia in Katowice and the...

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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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