dr Aleksandra Ziemińska-Stolarska

While atmospheric and soil drought disappear relatively quickly, even after small rainfall, hydrological drought usually lasts much longer and may cover several hydrological seasons, and the process of rebuilding water resources requires heavy and prolonged rainfall or snowfall.

Lodz University of Technology has joined the UN-supported initiative "Race to Zero". This global campaign brings together enterprises, cities, as well as institutions from the education, finance and healthcare sectors, whose common goal is to create and implement transparent action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

The events of recent weeks related to the Oder River environmental disaster have prompted deeper reflection not only on the state of the water environment, but also on the state of monitoring of surface water bodies (SWBs), which are the basic unit of water management.

What do recently promoted slogans have in common: circular economy and life cycle analysis (LCA)? Dr Aleksandra Ziemińska-Stolarska writes about the current priorities of the EU's economic policy...

As a result of a joint effort of scientists from Lodz University of Technology and the Medical University of Lodz, intensive work on the construction of a bioreactor for continuous stem cell bioprocessing has been underway for over a year.

A new statutory law on waste (Journal of Laws of 2017, item 2422) has imposed an obligation on local governments to control waste but in most cases they have not been able to cope with the task.