World earth day 2013 – soil crusts and climate change

Prospekt Gea, Zanimljivosti

WORLD
EARTH DAY 2013 – SOIL CRUSTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The soils, which feed today’s seven billion people and which together
with the oceans make the largest depositories of biodiversity on Earth,
are also affected by the mostly adverse effects of climate change.
One of the most interesting biological formations on the surface of
arid soil is soil crusts. While soil crusts can be found on the Kvarner
islands, they are extremely rare and in great threat from trampling
and soil ablation … [more]
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March 2014/ Rijeka – Trsat – Rječina Canyon
CELEBRATING RJEČINA DAY
While studying the natural assets of Rječina Canyon, we came across
an interesting sight: pebbles located some one hundred metres above
the current level of Rječina River. In celebration of the third Rječina
Day, we would like to interest our readers, geologists in particular,
in this finding … [more]
October
2013/Opatija’s Parks
STORMY WEATHER TOPPLES STATELY TREE SPECIMENS
IN OPATIJA’S PARKS
The gale-force bora winds that hit the Liburnian region in the early
morning hours of 7 October 2013 have caused great damage to the parks
of Opatija … [more]
January
2014/Rab Island
POSOLICA – SALT SEDIMENT ON THE
SURFACE OF ISLANDS
The day after gale-force bura winds hit the Adriatic islands is the
time when people begin to count the damage done. The most common victims
of the powerful gusts of bura wind are roofless houses, broken trees
and sunken boats. Unlike the jugo wind blowing from the southeast
along the Adriatic coast and causing waves up to several metres high
on the open sea, the bura wind descends from the coastal mountains
and, although faster than the jugo wind, it generates much smaller
waves … [more]
Summer 2012/ Obruč Mountain
DEEPEST PIT
UP TILL NOW FOUND ON OBRUČ MOUNTAIN
In the summer of 2012, members of the Speleological Association Estavela
received information about an interested pit located in the broader
region of Obruč Mountain. Further exploration revealed that the pit
has a depth of 100 metres, making it the deepest known pit in this
area … [more]