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Subject	METEOROLOGY and HYDROLOGY IN PRACTICE part 1
Level	bachelor
Semester	winter
ECTS	4
Language	English
Outline	The subject includes lectures on physics of the atmosphere and water management with the elements of the law. The main objective is: to present the specifics of the processes occurring in the atmosphere and to use the meteorological and climatological knowledge in a practice of human activity as well as to outline the possibility of water resources usaqe
Fuli description	The course covers the following topics: 1.    Basic concepts and elements of the atmosphere: thermal stratification and coverage, air composition and its significance 2.    Radiation of the Sun and the Earth 3.    Atmosphericthermodynamics, heat transfer processes, vertical balance 4.    Evaporation and precipitation, condensation products (the formation of clouds and precipitation) 5.    Water resources and storage. 6.    Water management: historical overview, definitions, scope of activities 7.    Water management in forestry, agriculture, industry and municipal economy 8.    Sewage and water quality 9.    Balances of water-economy 10.    Protection against flooding 11.    Retention and hydropower 12.    Waterways and shipping 13.    Water Law and Water Authority 14.    The problems of water management in the futurę
Teaching methods	Lecture, presentation, work on source materials, discussion

Subject	BIOGEOGRAPHY and ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
Level	bachelor
Semestr	winter
ECTS	3
Language	English
Outline	The subject coversthe issues and characteristics of the spatial distribution of biomes on the planet, phyto- and zoogeographic regions. Basic types of zonal and azonal vegetation are characterized as well as changes in the flora and fauna during the Cenozoic. Issues of biodiversity, sustainable development and global environmental problems are discussed. Forms of naturę protection - both in national and International scales are presented.
Fuli description	The course covers the following topics: 1.    Subject and tasks of biogeography. Research trends of modern biogeography 2.    Characteristics of selected geographical factors including the zoning 3.    EartlYs biomes. Climate-soil-vegetation zonation. 4.    Geographical distribution of species: dynamics, continuous and disjunct ranges, wandering animal migration routes. 5.    Relic and endemic taxa. 6.    Biogeographic regionalization. Zonal and azonal vegetation. 7.    Changes in the flora and fauna in the Cenozoic - the influence of Pleistocene glaciations on contemporary distribution of species. 8.    Polish biogeographic characteristics. 9.    The terms of environmental protection, naturę conservation, natural balance, biodiversity. 10.    Sustainable development - the concept, principles, indicators, international and national initiatives. 11.    Organization and the legał basis for environmental protection in Poland. 12.    Threats and protection of individual elements of the environment. 13.    Forms of naturę - national and international. 14.    Global environmental problems. 15.    Public participation in environmental protection.