Long-term weather change forecasts clearly indicate that climate hazards (such as precipitation or strong winds) will increase in both intensity and frequency. Already, flooding, damage to infrastructure or traffic problems regularly affect our cities. Action is needed – read on and learn about ways to retain water. Meanwhile, cities are constantly expanding, at the expense…
High retention is not the way to deal with drought – culverts, dams, artificial lakes, dry and wet retention. Other solutions must be resorted to. The subject of water retention ‘springs up’ at almost every flood and during periods of drought. In the former case, we usually complain about an excess of water, in the…
The premise of the MIKRORETENTION programme, designed to support small-scale retention measures, speaks of facilities with a volume of tens of thousands of m³ and an area of up to 1 ha. For a larger catchment area, these volumes are negligible, but in a source area or a small catchment area of a top-order tributary,…
Improve or meliorate? Few today remember that, according to Latin etymology, the word “land reclamation” means “improvement.” The origins of land reclamation activities in our country date back to the 12th century, when part of the fertile lands in the Vistula delta were embanked, initiating a high agricultural culture in the Zulawy Wislane area. Around…
Both flood and drought news are cause for concern. Our society has quickly forgotten the fact that both of these deviations from the average are parts of the hydrological cycle and, as such, are a very important component in shaping the diversity of nature around. It is difficult to find a moment in recent history…
Why are fish disappearing? To begin with, some certainly worrying facts about the current state of affairs: The shortnose sturgeon is a species that used to be abundant in Polish rivers, but is now completely extinct. Salmon and huchin are still found in Polish rivers, but only thanks to human assistance. Twenty-four fish species are…
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