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Popular Science: Who decides on the economy? The role of the state and multinational organizations in the automotive industry in Slovakia

Slovakia has been experiencing economic growth in recent years. One of the causes is the rapid development of the automotive industry. It is not easy to say if this path is without problems. In his article Professor Petr Pavlínek from the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development and also from the University of Nebraska analysed developments in the automotive industry in Slovakia with regard to the role of the state and its industry policy in this process.

Faculty News: Central European Conference of Historical Geographers, August 31 to September 2, 2016

The Historical Geography Research Centre, the Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences, the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague, the Section for Historical Geography and Environmental History of the Czech Geographical Society, and the Local Organizing Committee have the honor of inviting you to join the Central European Conference of Historical Geographers, which will be held in Prague, Czechia from August 31 to September 2, 2016.

Popular Science: The Jatunraju Glacier – lying and waiting?

Geomorphologists Adam Emmer and Vít Vilímek from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology have long been interested in the mountainous Cordillera Blanca area in Peru. Together with their colleagues from the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics and Peruvian scientists they studied recent and past changes to the Jatunraju Glacier and if these changes can affect the stability of Perón Lake, which is dammed by lateral moraines.

Popular Science: Do we know how newly introduced cultural crops are influencing the soil?

Soil is an important provider of ecosystem services, among the most important of which include the possibility of food production and the mitigation of climate change effects. This is made possible through carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling, which are processes primarily driven by soil biota. However, the intensification of agricultural production caused by the growing demand for biofuels reduces the soil biota.

Worldwide important meeting of plant biologists is ongoing in Prague

A remarkable meeting of plant biologists „Plant Biology Europe EPSO / FESPB Congress 2016“ with European and worldwide importance is taking place in Prague during 26-29 June, 2016. More than 900 scientists from 58 countries of the whole world participate in this event. The aim of the PBE Congress is development of discussion on current challenges of plant biology of the 21st century.

Seminar of the Faculty of Science at BIOCEV – ​”Cancer immunotherapy and tumor models” by RNDr. Michal Šmahel, Ph.D.

Dear colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to the next seminar of the Faculty of Science at BIOCEV -Tuesday 28th of June 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the main BIOCEV building, Průmyslová 595, Vestec, conference hall number U2.012 (2nd floor).

Quo Vadis Chemie: Bimetallic Nanoclusters as a Unique Catalyst (prof. Hidehiro Sakurai, Osaka University)

Recently we found that the bimetallic alloy nanoclusters exhibited totally different catalytic activity from the original single metal catalysts. These findings strongly suggest us that we have great opportunities to develop the novel reactions, which had never been realized by any types of catalysts, simply through the combination of the metals, as if it were modern alchemy. In this presentation I will demonstrate low-temperature carbon-chlorine bond activation by Au/Pd bimetallic system [1-6] and carbon-fluorine bond activation by Pd/Pt bimetallic system. Lecture takes place on Monday June 20th at 3 pm at Ch-2 Lecture Hall.

The 13th IMISCOE Annual Conference “Migration and Development”

The international conference of the IMISCOE research network (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion) will take place in Prague for the first time in 2016, being hosted by the Geographic Migration Centre (GEOMIGRACE) and the Czech Geographical Society. The conference will take place on 30th June – 2nd July, 2016 on the premises of the Faculty of Science.

How do birds respond to global climate change?

The global climate change affects biosphere at a speed that is remarkable in that it is basically close to ordinary human experience. The trends that reflect in atmospheric processes are also apparent in the biodiversity. Science magazine recently published the results of an extensive study based on long-term data on the abundance of common bird species. We talked with doc. Jiří Reif of the FoS Institute for Environmental Studies about the history of the (Science) article and about his role in the project.

Popular Science: North Atlantic Oscillation: What is its influence on weather?

In his recent article Radan Huth from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology analysed the relationship between solar activity and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Now Radan Huth, together with Lucie Pokorná, researches the climate impacts of the NAO in Europe.