PhD Defense at the Department of Polar and Marine Research

On April 4, 2025, the public defense of the doctoral dissertation by Mr. Tanmay Keluskar took place at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. The dissertation focused on the evolution of the continental crust in the Saglek Block in northern Labrador (Canada), one of the oldest preserved fragments of Earth’s crust. The research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Monika A. Kusiak. ...>

Strong Earthquake Strikes Myanmar

Early this morning, at 06:20:54 UTC, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck Southeast Asia. The epicenter was located just 17 km from the city of Mandalay in Myanmar. ...>

Tectono-thermal evolution of Svalbard – summary of the international SvalGeoBase II workshop and definition of priorities for geological research in the Arctic

In March 2025, a report on the geological workshop "SvalGeoBase II: Tectono-thermal evolution of Svalbard – from metamorphic and magmatic processes to geothermal energy" was published in the Publications of the Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences. The workshop took place in Svalbard from September 3 to 9, 2024. ...>

Glaciers and mountains: melting water towers will aggravate global crises

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, reveals the extent to which climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable activities are transforming mountain environments at an unprecedented rate, threatening the water resources upon which billions of people and countless ecosystems depend. There is now an urgent need for international cooperation and adaptation strategies and actions to face the unfolding crisis in our mountains and glaciers. ...>

Optimization of Oceanic Seismic Surveys – A New Project at the Geophysical Imaging Department

The project "Optimization of Oceanic Seismic Data Acquisition to Improve Crustal-Scale Seismic Imaging Quality", funded under the SONATA BIS 14 competition by the National Science Centre (NCN), will be carried out at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. The main goal of the research is to develop new methods to enhance the quality of academic seismic experiments by optimizing the deployment of ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) and applying advanced seismic imaging techniques. ...>