In the urban areas environmental pollution is one of the biggest problems. In 2007, the fraction of people living in cities worldwide exceeded the share of the rural population for the first time. High population density in cities, the industrialization and new communication routes cause threats...

In the urban environment particulate matter has the greatest impact on human health. Health effects depend on its concentration in the air, duration of exposure, and the size of the population exposed. This effect is exerted through both lifetime exposure to excessive concentrations of air ...

The article overviews the role of bats in the forest ecosystem (especially the European forest), the impact of environmental pollution on the forest and bats, and the issue of bats indication of the forest environment condition. Existing data on the transfer of pollutants to the environment and...

The aim of the study was to investigate how industrial pollutants and change of thermal conditions of winter season in the second half of the 20th century affected the basal area increment (BAI) and the climatic signal in the BAI chronologies of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus banksiana. Samples were...

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the use of plant protection products on the freshwater ecosystem in the production of maize for grain in different soil tillage systems. The analyzes were performed on the basis of data on chemical protection of maize in conventional tillage, reduced ...

Brominated flame retardants (BFR), including tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) represents 25% of the global market of flame retardants. Among them, TBBPA is used on the largest scale (approx. 60%) because of its firebreak properties and widespread occurrence in every day products such as furniture,...

The aim of the present work was to characterize the growth - climate relationship of pines growing in the Szczecin city forests in intensively used recreational areas and to identify the effect of air pollutants emitted by a nearby chemical factory on tree-ring width. Our research area was located...

The aim of this article is to present the issue of what biopreparations are, how they are classified and what is the procedure of their registration. In addition, the effectiveness of biopreparations used in agriculture, in the fight against pests and pathogens of plants, as well as in areas other...

The development of civilization is attached with the progressive degradation of the environment. In order to prevent the after-effects of this process pro-ecological activities are undertaken. The aim of this paper is to show the interactions between the two phenomena in the regional aspect in...

The aim of this study is to characterise the time distribution of the concentration levels gas pollutants, sulphur dioxide (SO₂, µg.m^-3), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂, µg.m^-3) and biothermal conditions, based on subjective temperature index (STI, °C) in Legnica, Dolnośląskie Voivodship. Assessment of...