PGI-NRI employee again appointed as Vice-Chair of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
During the 64th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), held in New York from 7 July to 8 August 2025, Michał Tomczak, PhD, an employee of the Pomeranian Branch of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute in Szczecin, was re-elected as Vice-Chair of the Commission.
Polish scientists have discovered the oldest traces of vertebrates on land. A groundbreaking find in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains
A team of Polish scientists from the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute (Piotr Szrek, Katarzyna Grygorczyk, Sylwester Salwa, Patrycja Dworczak) and the Jagiellonian University (Alfred Uchman) has made a discovery that rewrites the history of evolution. Researchers have identified the world's oldest evidence of vertebrates moving on land.
Balance of anthropogenic resources
The Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute carries out the task of the state geological service entitled ‘Balance of anthropogenic resources in Poland – stage I’. The aim of this project is to start systematic balancing of anthropogenic resources deposited in post-mining waste heaps as a potential source of mineral raw materials.
PGI-NRI staff have completed prospecting work in the Taishir area in western Mongolia
The work of another expedition to Mongolia, whose aim was to search for critical raw materials (Mo and W) in the vicinity of Taishir, has been completed. The expedition lasted from 14 June to 4 July 2025.