Scientists investigate how global environmental changes affect elk distribution in Eurasia
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How bacteria rearrange their cells
Polish scientists have discovered and described how the position of ribosomes, or the protein-producing machinery, changes during the formation of a spore in Bacillus subtilis. The researchers have also shown what necessary changes must occur in the structure of the cell in order for a mature spore to form.
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Climate scientist: 2024 was record-breakingly warm, but this record will probably be broken soon
2024 was a record-breakingly warm year, but everything indicates that this record will be broken soon, says Bogdan Chojnicki, PhD, a professor and climate scientist from the Poznań University of Life Sciences. In his opinion, the increase in average temperatures will cause a serious drought in Poland within a few years.
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Scientists to search for traces of hominids in high-mountain caves
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Biologist: Wolves are very social animals with huge impact on ecosystem
Wolves are very social animals that have a huge impact on the functioning of the entire ecosystem. That is why it is so important to protect them and get to know their true face, not the one based on stereotypes and myths, argues Sabina Pierużek-Nowak, PhD, a professor at the University of Warsaw.
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Mice on the ice: Mouse tail temperature can drop below zero in winter
Scientists from Poland are the first to observe that the temperature of some body parts of non-hibernating mammals can drop several degrees below zero Celsius without causing any damage to the body. This concerns the tails of wild yellow-necked mice and striped field mice.
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Deputy Minister of the Environment: Poland does not intend to lower protection status of wolves
I confirm that Poland does not intend to lower the protection status of wolves, Mikołaj Dorożała, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Climate and Environment, says in referrence to the change of classification of this species from 'strictly protected' to 'protected', voted on December 3 in the Council of Europe.
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Polish scientists describe new type of chemical reaction in formation of DNA building blocks
Quantum chemists from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology have described the principles of a completely new class of chemical reactions. It was discovered during research on the formation of DNA building blocks from compounds present in the environment. In these reactions, chemical processes activated by UV radiation and the so-called chemistry of weak chalcogen interactions meet for the first time.
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Fewer Poles concerned about climate change, survey finds
The number of Poles who consider climate change a serious problem has fallen by 7 percentage points year-over-year, a new survey has found.
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Acidic relations between pine plantations and peatlands
The condition of forests and peatlands within them is strongly interconnected. Studies have shown that pine plantations operated in the Tuchola Forest since the 18th century have led to the weakening and acidification of the local peatland. This, in turn, weakens the resistance of the pines to climate change.
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