#POLLUTION

Volgoneft 212, one of the Russian cargo ships that was damaged during a storm in the Black Sea last week. Photo: x/

Greenpeace warns of ‘serious’ ecological damage from Russian tanker oil spills

Greenpeace Ukraine has warned that oil spills from two Russian tankers in the Black Sea could be “serious.”

Clean-up operation on the Oder in 2024

Three new desalination plants planned to stop Polish river fish die-off

Three new desalination plants are planned on the banks of the Oder River in western Poland as part of a government effort to avoid a repeat of a 2022 ecological disaster that devastated fish stocks in the river.

Illustrative photo by: Fraser Nivens via Getty Images

Scientists embark on project to reduce pollution from shipwrecks in Baltic Sea

Scientists from several countries have begun a project aiming to reduce hazardous remnants of shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea.

The sensor can detect pollutants, illnessess and even aliens. Photo:

Warsaw scientists develop laser to detect pollution, illness… and aliens

Scientists at a leading Polish university have developed a laser methane sensor that will not only be able to monitor environmental pollution, but also search for alien life forms.

Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images / STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Over 25,000 lives in Poland saved by improved air quality, study says

Statistics released by the European Clean Air Centre (ECAC) show that at least 25,000 Poles are alive due to improvements in air quality made between 2018 and 2022.