Invasive plants rank among the greatest threats to Europe’s biodiversity. One of them is knotweed, which spreads rapidly, destroys native communities, and transforms the landscape. How to address this challenge will be one of the main topics of the upcoming specialist seminar.
The theme of this year’s Czech European Researchers' Night was Wealth. At the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET), we demonstrated that the true wealth of science can be found in transforming waste into valuable raw materials, in developing environmentally friendly energy solutions, and in applying technologies that support sustainable development.
As part of the citizen science project Increasing the resilience of energy networks in the context of decarbonization, decentralization, and sustainable socioeconomic development (ZEUS, CZ.02.01.01/00/23_021/0008759), we organized a workshop on August 5, 2025, focused on practical familiarization with the principles of open science (FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
A unique study was conducted in Karviná, focusing on monitoring air quality in the vicinity of coal storage sites using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). A team of scientists from the ENET Centre, CEET, VŠB–TUO demonstrated that drones are an effective tool for targeted measurement and detailed analysis of dust particles in the vicinity of coal storage sites.