We would like to present a selection of research projects of scientists from University of Silesia in Katowice who deal with issues related to climate
change.

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Contents:

• Spectre of inhumanity. The Anthropocene as an epoch of human involution
  | dr hab. Dobrosława Wężowicz-Ziółkowska

• All about climate change and climate crisis
  | prof. dr hab. Piotr Skubała

• Modern education about counteracting environmental hazards – GeoRISKS
  | prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Malik

• Prosumer society – prosumer power engineering (PROS) 
  | dr hab. Edyta Sierka

• Launching of a study programme in Cultural Ecology
  | dr Magdalena Szalbot

• I don’t sting, I pollinate
  | dr hab. Agnieszka Babczyńska

• Reconstruction of the climatic conditions in the Upper Silesia during the last centuries based on historical wood
  | dr Magdalena Opała-Owczarek

• Assessment of the interdependencies between the functional biodiversity of plants, the structure of microorganism communities and the carbon balance during spontaneous succession in former industrial areas, using metatranscriptomic methods
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Zofia Piotrowska-Seget

• Translational genomics in identifying the operating mechanism behind the CBP20 signalosome in the response of Arabidopsis and barley to the drought stress
  | dr Agata Daszkowska-Golec

• The use of microorganisms as markers of the variability in the glacial melting rate on Spitsbergen
  | dr Sławomir Sułowicz

• ULKA – University Laboratories for Atmosphere Control
  | dr hab. Mariola Jabłońska

• Infl uence of temperaturę inversion in the boundary layer of the atmosphere on air pollution
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Tadeusz Niedźwiedź

• The reaction of snow and rain precipitation to contemporary climate change and atmospheric circulation in Europe
  | dr hab. prof. UŚ Ewa Łupikasza

• The eff ect of meteorological conditions on the variability of occurrence of allergenic pollens from selected plants in Sosnowiec (1997–2007)
  | dr Katarzyna Dąbrowska-Zapart

• Comparison of variability in thermal conditions in the last millennium in the mountains of Central Asia and Central Europe
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Tadeusz Niedźwiedź

• Assessment of the quantity and chemical composition of pollutants emitted during the self-heating of coal waste simulated by hydrous and non-hydrous pyrolysis as well as by high-temperature oxygenation
  | dr hab. Monika Fabiańska

• Infl uence of fossil fi res on the geochemical and mineral composition of carboniferous rocks in part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin
  | dr hab. Justyna Ciesielczuk

• CLIMARK ‒ Towards an Integrated Framework for Climate Change Impact Assessments for International Market Systems with Long-Term Investments
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Tadeusz Niedźwiedź

• The potential of water reservoirs of the Silesian-Dąbrowa conurbation in alleviating the consequences of climate change
  | Śląskie Centrum Wody, kierownik projektu: dr Andrzej Woźnica

• FLORIST – Flood risk on the northern foothills of the Tatra Mountains
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Tadeusz Niedźwiedź

• A new tool for detecting active landslide slopes as the basis for rational spatial planning in mountain areas
  | prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Malik

• Determination of the course of evolution of southern Spitsbergen slopes against a background of climate change
  | mgr Krzysztof Senderak

• AWAKE ‒ Arctic Climate and Environment of the Nordic Seas and the Svalbard-Greenland Area
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Jacek Jania

• AWAKE-2 ‒ Arctic Climate system study of ocean, sea ice and glacier interaction in Svalbard area with focus on Horsund
  | dr hab. Mariusz Grabiec

• Ice2sea – Estimation of the impact of changes of Continental glaciers on the rise in sea level
  | prof. zw. dr hab. Jacek Jania