This year`s winter in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše) is the most snowy one in 10 years. In February, 228 cm of snow was recorded on Śnieżka (1602 m above sea level), the highest peak in the Giant Mountains. A thicker snow cover was last recorded on Śnieżka in 2005.
Obsidian, popularized as "dragon glass" in Game of Thrones, was believed to have miraculous properties. This shiny rock in the form of volcanic glass always attracted interest. In the lands of present-day Poland, it appeared as early as 20,000 years ago.
We do not have any proven methods of climate engineering that would stop global warming; we must make better use of the Sun as a source of energy and change our habits if we want to survive, says atmospheric physicist Prof. Szymon Malinowski.
Technologies enabling the use of renewable energy have recently become much cheaper and their efficiency has improved. In the face of climate change, we should take advantage of them - Marcin Popkiewicz, an expert from the website "Nauka o klimacie" ("Climate Science") says in an interview with PAP.
In Poland we can expect extremely warm summer seasons and grey, rainy winters with episodes of two-week frosts, sometimes preceded by snowfall, atmosphere physicist Prof. Szymon Malinowski says about the climatic consequences of global warming.
An outdoor Martian field has been prepared for the European Rover Challenge at the Museum of Nature and Technology in Starachowice. Special soil has a rusty colour and similar hematite content as the soil on Mars.
Representatives of scientific and technical communities from over 30 countries discuss atmospheric discharges and lightning protection during the 34th International Conference on Lightning Protection ICLP`2018, which started in Rzeszów on Monday.
The melting of glaciers in the Arctic carries a real revolution. We know more about the sensitivity of the coast of Spitsbergen to climate change and the associated geological changes thanks to the observations of researchers from Poland and the UK.
Our current technology is completely unsuitable for travelling to the centre of the Earth. The temperature and pressure are so high inside the Earth that none of the known materials could withstand these conditions, says Dr. Mirosław Jastrzębski from the Institute of Geological Sciences PAS.
The white streak that the plane leaves behind it in the sky is simply a cloud of water droplets or ice crystals. It forms when hot steam from the engines liquefies, mixing with cold air at high altitude. Just like steam from a kettle - says cloud physicist Prof. Szymon Malinowski.