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The EcoC2S project aims to develop a holistic flood risk assessment approach. It will focus on quantifying the contribution of natural systems, such as wetlands, mangroves, and retention basins, which absorb excess water and slow its flow, as well as semi-natural infrastructure solutions that support flood protection in transitional and coastal areas. The project also involves the co-creation and further implementation of resilient pathways based on ecosystem services.

LIQUIDICE project, funded under the Horizon Europe program, officially commenced with a successful kick-off meeting held on February 26-27, 2025, at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IG PAS), the project’s coordinating institution. The event gathered 36 participants, including representatives of the project partners and the Project Officer from the European Commission.

In the last few days, in response to the recent restrictions on the further development and funding of science introduced by the new administration of the United States, the Federation of European Academies of Sciences (ALLEA) issued a statement.

With climate change accelerating, the Arctic is a focal point of international scientific inquiry. Leading scientists convened at the Arena for the Gap Analysis of Existing Arctic Science Co-Operations (AASCO) to address critical climate change challenges and pressing Arctic research questions.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hossein Hamidifar from the Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics has successfully passed his habilitation colloquium.

Is the future of our planet melting before our eyes? Scientists around the world are racing to answer this question, and the EU funded LIQUIDICE project is at the forefront of this mission. This ground-breaking international research initiative brings together 18 leading institutions from Europe and India to investigate how glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost shape the global climate and water supply.

Prof. Monika A. Kusiak from the Department of Polar and Marine Research has been elected Secretary of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) Council for the term 2025-2027.

Professor Monika A. Kusiak from the Department of Polar and Marine Research became one of the editors of the Elsevier journal: Precambrian Research. This is a journal from Q1 list, 3.2 impact factor and 200 points from the ministry list of scientific journals.

Thanks to the Polish Consul in Houston, Andrzej Fąfara, and initiative of prof. Monika A. Kusiak and dr. Wojciech Kusiak, Fulbright Fellows had unique opportunity to meet dr Sławosz Uznański, Polish astronaut who will participate in the mission to the International Space Station in mid-2025.