A5078330522- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
University of Silesia in Katowice
2018-2023
Svalbard was long seen as a canary in the coalmine for climate change. Now this early warning system has suffered irreparable damage. warmed 2-6 times faster than rest of world, and we can expect further increase air temperature (by 4–7°C), precipitation 45–65%) more frequent heavy rainfall floods. Contrary to predictions from regional models, freshwater fluxes some glacierised catchments have steadily decreased over decade. Yet dominated watersheds, water discharge been increasing. To...
The aluminium (Al) cycle in glacierised basins has not received a great deal of attention studies biogeochemical cycles. As Al may be toxic for biota, it is important to investigate the processes leading its release into environment. It yet been ascertained whether filterable (passing through pore size 0.45 μm) incorporated cycles basins. Our study aims determine relationship between bringing and glacier‐derived nutrients (particularly Fe Si) We investigated Werenskiöldbreen basin (44.1 km 2...
A unique data set of suspended sediment transport from the Breelva, which drains Werenskioldbreen (Southwestern Spitsbergen), is reported for period 2007–2012. This basin thoroughly described hydrologically, glaciologically, and chemically. However, until now there was a lack full recognition mechanical denudation. study extends information on quantitative load (SSL), amounting to 37.30–130.94 kt per year, also underlines importance its modification by high discharge events, triggered...
An analysis of a suite climatological indices was undertaken on the basis long-term data from Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen.It followed by an attempt to assess scale their impact local environment.The temperature and precipitation were based percentiles variables calculated for population daily values climate normals 1981-2010.A greater share both cyclonic anticyclonic circulations S sectors, forcing advection warm air masses south, decisive trends change comparison with...
<p>The study focuses on the changes in regime of four High Arctic catchments last 40 years taking into account different percentages glacial coverage. The selected include Breelva, Ariebekken, Bratteggbekken and Fuglebekken with coverage 61%, 11.8%, 5.9% 0% respectively.</p><p>The flow time series were simulated using a glacio-hydrological model calibrated validated based available archival hydro-meteorological...