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23.10.2023SUMMARY 2022-2023. Specifics for the Odra RiverSystemic actions to protect against „golden algae” blooms.
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13.10.2023Specifics for the Odra River. 2023 recommendations
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12.07.2023Minister Anna Moskwa convened the Crisis Management Team of the Ministry of Climate and Environment. The purpose is to reduce toxic 'golden algae' bloomsAfter analysing the current monitoring data from the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and meteorological forecasts, the Minister of Climate and Environment, Anna Moskwa, decided to convene the Crisis Management Team. The Team issued recommendations for specific remedial actions. The recommendations have been submitted to the Government Centre for Security.
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01.07.2023Summary of the neutralisation of golden algae in the locks of the Gliwice Canal. Scientific reportAs announced, the Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute has prepared the 'Report on the implementation of experiments for the neutralisation of golden algae in the locks of the Gliwice Canal'. The document summarises the remedial activities supervised by the Institute related to the eradication of Prymnesium parvum, the so-called 'golden" algae,' in the Gliwice Canal.
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26.06.2023Anna Moskwa in Wróblin nad Odrą: we have tested measures to neutralise golden algae with the participation of services and scientists, and we are introducing countermeasuresOn 23 June 2023, Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa met in Wróblin nad Odrą with Opole Voivode Sławomir Kłosowski and the services involved in remedial measures in the Oder River.
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26.06.2023Summer 2023: prelude to droughtLong-term weather forecasts indicate that temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius will prevail in Poland in July. There are many indications that Europe will face extreme heat waves for another year in a row. In 2023, scientists are also particularly concerned about the intense warming of the seas, unprecedented in the history of measurements. With constant air temperatures and intense sunshine, this phenomenon also affects inland waters, including rivers. At the end of June, water levels in Polish rivers are in the low to medium zone, indicating a hydrological drought.
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22.06.2023Do golden algae only live in salt water, and can they survive without it? A conversation with Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Napiórkowska-KrzebietkeProfessor Agnieszka Napiórkowska-Krzebietke is a hydrobiologist and deputy director of the Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute - National Research Institute in Olsztyn. In August 2022, she identified the presence of Prymnesium parvum, the so-called golden algae, in the Oder River. Since then, she has been conducting detailed research on the invasive algae. She is part of a group of scientists involved in the Team for the Situation Arising on the Oder River at the Ministry of Climate and Environment. The expert explains the specifics of the Oder golden algae.
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20.06.2023The situation in the Oder River. The Crisis Management Team of the Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued further recommendationThe heat waves that have just appeared in Poland are causing a sharp increase in water temperature in rivers, canals and reservoirs. In many places, it exceeds 20 °C and reaches 26 °C. The Crisis Management Team of the Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued the latest recommendations, indicating specific remedial actions that will help reduce the growth and toxic blooms of the 'golden algae.'
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07.06.2023Minister Anna Moskwa during German-Polish talks: Poland will invest in the development of the Oder RiverOn 7 June 2023. Anna Moskwa, the Minister of Climate and Environment, met with Steffi Lemke, the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection. The current preventive and remedial measures and the restoration of the Oder River biodiversity conducted based on expert recommendations were summarised during the meeting. An additional topic was the issue of the ruling announced yesterday by the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw regarding the extension of the concession for the Turów mine for lignite mining until 2044. The German town of Zittau is a party in the 14 ongoing proceedings in this case.
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03.06.2023Oder golden algae thrive mainly in oxbow lakes in 2023The rapid growth of golden algae and fish die-offs in spring 2023 was found in the reservoir in Januszkowice, Czernica and Łacha Jelcz. Outside these locations, no die-offs were caused by a toxic golden alga bloom this year. The invasive algae thrive mainly in oxbow lakes, away from industrial areas, where the water salinity remains at 750-900 µS/cm and does not exceed 1100 µS/cm.