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] |
14 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] |