dr hab. Tomasz A. Łabuz, prof. US

 

Educational background

  • MSc. in Geography at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Szczecin, 1998
  • Msc in Sociology of human behavior at the Faculty of Humanities, 2003
  • PhD in Earth Sciences at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Szczecin, 2006
  • DSc (Dr. Habilitatus) in the field of Earth Sciences (Geography) at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Szczecin, 2016
  • Associate Professor at Szczecin University, 2019

Currently held position

Associate Professor

Scientific interests

Geomorphology, coastal processes, aeolian processes, coastal pants ecology and biodiversity, tourism, anthropogenic processes, cultures of developing nations

Membership in scientific organizations

Association of Polish Geomorphologists (SGP)
EUCC, The Coastal&Marine Union

Foreign scientific internships

Summer School –Workshop Coastal Zone’03. Centre for Environmental Engineering and Mechanics, Institute of Hydro-engineering IBW PAN, 25-31.08.03 Lubiatowo,
Conference Scholarship for Young Researchers awarded by the Warsaw Scientific Society and the Foundation for Polish Science for a conference trip to Australia, Geomorphology 2009

Research projects

Gant NCN(2018.02/ST10/00665)

The development of embryonic dunes on the beach as a result of the influence of pioneer vegetation – areas and pace of reconstruction on the Polish coast after catastrophic storm surges in the season 2016/17

Preparation of report for Institute of Environment Protection PAN in Kraków

Preparation of report for Institute of Environment Protection PAN in Kraków. Based on field monitoring of habitats: kidzina (organic derbis) on Polish coast

Cooperation with WWF Poland

Cooperation with WWF Poland for: The evaluation of prepared documents and expertise for coast and marine protection and for Natura 2000 habitats, Report: Issues of coast protection and methods and their influence for the nature environment on polish coast.

Prestigious grant from project LIDER, Polish National Centre of Research and Development (NCBR)LIDER/33/85/L-2/NCBiR/2011

Prestigious grant from project LIDER, Polish National Centre of Research and Development (NCBR): The foredunes environment location, morphodynamics and plants fluctuations – the biodiversity valuable habitat of the Polish coast (FoMoBi). LIDER/33/85/L-2/NCBiR/2011, own project T.A.Łabuz

Cooperation with Institute of Environment Protection PAN and Environment Protection

Cooperation with Institute of Environment Protection PAN and Environment Protection Head The field work and then preparation of material for the monitoring of coastal cliff environment 1230 Natura 2000 areas, for: „Monitoring of species and habitats focused on Natura 2000 areas – phase 3”, investigated, 15 selected areas on Polish coast, methods creation, evaluation methodology, http://www.iop.krakow.pl/cn2000/monitoring/

South Baltic Programme

South Baltic Programme, Coordinator EUCC Lithuania

Action for the Reinforcement of the Transitional Waters' Environmental Integrity

Scientific role in EU project ARTWEI, Action for the Reinforcement of the Transitional Waters’ Environmental Integrity, component 5 – Improving Capacities of Stakeholders, preparation of indicators for transboundary waters,

Sand dune inventory in Europe. 2nd Edition

Inventory report and developed materials on the Polish coast dunes for publication:
Doody P. (ed), Sand dune inventory in Europe. 2nd Edition, UK, CD publication. Coastal Wiki: Sand Dune- Country Report Poland, http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Sand_dune_-_Country_Report,_Poland

NATURA 2000 for the European Union Commission

Preparation of expert opinion in the report of the NATURA 2000 for the European Union Commission – grant by the Polish Ministry of Environment: 1210 Organic debris, 1230 Cliffs on the coast of the Baltic, 2110 Embryonic shifting white dunes, 2120 Coastal white dunes, 2160 dunes with Sea buckhtorn thickets, 2170 dunes with willow thickets

Extreme meteorological, hydrological and geomorphological characteristics

Co-realisation of the ordered project KBN No PBZ-KBN-086/PO4/2003: “Extreme meteorological, hydrological and geomorphological characteristics”, the contract K091/PO4/2004/10 No 505 241 0000 8441

Vegetation dynamics of thecoastal sand dunes. Swina Gate Sandbar

Project manager: of Grant from KBN, 3 P04E 057 24, Vegetation dynamics of thecoastal sand dunes. Swina Gate Sandbar

Baltic System Study

Co-worker in Grant EC – BASYS project (Baltic System Study), funded under the MAST III / Inco (contract no MAS3-CT96-0058, IC20-CT96-0080), Subgroup 4, nearshore and Coastline Processes

Selected publications

Books and book chapters:

Łabuz T.A., 2021, Erozja wydm pod wpływem spiętrzenia sztormowego Axel z 2017 roku na tle rozwoju polskiego wybrzeża. Rozprawy i Studia T. (MCCLXIV) 1190, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Szczecin, s 426.
Łabuz, T.A., 2015, Coastal Dunes: Changes of Their Perception and Environmental Management. In: Finkl Ch.W., Makowski Ch. (eds) Environmental Management and Governance. Advances in Coastal and Marine Resources Series. Coastal Research Library, Vol. 8, Springer, (441p.), 323-410
Łabuz T.A., 2015, Environmental Impacts—Coastal Erosion and Coastline Changes. Chapter 20. In: BACC II Team, Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin, Springer (515p.), 381-396
Łabuz T.A., 2013, Raport Sposoby ochrony brzegów morskich i ich wpływ na środowiska przyrodnicze polskiego wybrzeża Bałtyku. Wyd. Fundacja WWF, Warszawa, p.1-178
Łabuz T.A., 2012, Klify nadmorskie na wybrzeżu Bałtyku. [W:] Mroz W. (red.). Monitoring siedlisk przyrodniczych. Przewodnik metodyczny. Część II. GIOŚ, Warszawa, 40-58, http://www.gios.gov.pl/siedliska/pdf/przewodnik_metodyczny_siedliska_2.pdf
Łabuz T. A., 2005, Tourists ecological awareness – key to understanding human behaviour in coastal environment. In: Herrier J.-L., J. Mees, A. Salman, J. Seys, H. Van Nieuwenhuyse and I. Dobbelaere (Eds), Dunes and Estuaries 2005, VLIZ Special Publication 19, + 685 pp., Oostende, Belgium, p.625-628

Scientific articles:

Łabuz T.A., 2022, Storm surges versus shore erosion: 21 years (2000–2020) of observations on the Świna Gate Sandbar (southern Baltic coast). Quaestiones Geographicae 41(3), Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań, pp. 5–31, 14 figs, 4 tables. DOI 10.1515/quageo-year-00XX,
Łabuz T.A., 2022, Contemporary dynamics of the beaches and dunes in the central part of the Vistula Sandbar and the forecast of their changes after the construction of the canal breakwaters. Przegląd Geograficzny 94(1) tom 94, 59-85, https://doi.org/10.7163/PrzG.2022.1.3
Łabuz T.A., 2021, Litter sources on the Polish Baltic shore – effect of increased anthropogenic pollution. Studia Quatenaria 38(2), doi: 10.24425/sq.2021.136825
Girjatowicz J.P., Łabuz T.A., 2020, Forms of piled ice at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 239, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106746
Łabuz T.A., Grunewald R., Bobykina V., Chubarenko B., Česnulevičius A., Bautrėnas A., Morkūnaitė R., Tõnisson H., 2018, Coastal dunes of the Baltic Sea shores: A review. Quaestiones Geographicae 37(1), 47-71, doi: 10.1515/quageo-2018-0005
Łabuz T.A., 2016, A review of field methods to survey coastal dunes – experience based on research from South Baltic coast. Journal of Coastal Conservation 20(2), 175-190, DOI: 10.1007/s11852-016-0428-x
Łabuz T.A., 2016, Coastal dunes landscape change in Poland – research method based on photography studies, In: Thornbush M.J., (ed), Photogeomorphology and Landscape Change. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 79-98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/zfg_suppl/2016/00243
Łabuz T.A., 2014, Erosion and its rate on an accumulative Polish dune coast: the effects of the January 2012 storm surge. Oceanologia 56(2), 307–326, doi:10.5697/oc.56-2.307
Łabuz T.A., 2013, Polish coastal dunes – affecting factors and morphology. Landform Analysis 22, 33-59, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/landfana.022.001
Łabuz T.A., Kowalewska-Kalkowska H., 2011, Coastal erosion caused by the heavy storm surge of November 2004 in the southern Baltic Sea. Climate Research, Special Issue 48, 93-101, doi: 10.3354/cr00927
Łabuz T.A., 2009, The West Pomerania coastal dunes – alert state of their development. ZDGG 160/2, 113-122, DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2009/0160-0123
Łabuz T. A., Grunewald R., 2007, Studies on vegetation cover of the youngest dunes of the Świna Gate Barrier (West Polish coast). Journal of Coastal Research 23(1), 160-172
Łabuz T. A., 2005, Present-day dune environment dynamics on coast of the Swina Gate Barrier (West Polish Coast). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 62(3), 507-520, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.014)
Łabuz T. A., 2003, Initial foredune field as a factor of accumulative character of coastal dunes of the Swina Gate Barrier (West Polish coast). Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, XXXII, No.1, 39-58

Selected presentations at international conferences

  • Łabuz T.A., 2022, The influence of sea level during a storm on the amount of erosion of the dune coast of the southern Baltic in 2021/22. Międzynarodowa Konferencja „Naturalne zasoby obszarów granicznych w warunkach zmieniającego się klimatu – NARBAC 2022”, Instytut Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi, Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Turystyki Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku, Narodowy Uniwersytet „Czernihówski kolegium” imienia T.G. Szewczenki w Ukrainie, Słowiński Park Narodowy, 26-27.09.2022, Słupsk
  • Łabuz T.A., 2014, The natural values of Polish coastal dunes – habitats worth to protect. FoMoBi project conclusions. In: Abstract book: Littoral 2014, Facing Present and Future Coast challenges. 22-26.09.2014, Klajpeda Lithuania, p.59
  • Łabuz T.A., 2013, Erosion reasons and rate caused by January 2012 storm surge on accumulative Polish dune coast. Reckermann M., Köppen S., Conference proceedings 7th Study Conference on BALTEX, Borgholm, Island of Öland, Sweden, 10-14 June 2013, International Baltex Secretariat, publication No. 53, 112-113
  • Łabuz T.A., 2011, Coast exposition as a key to identify of former shifting coastal dunes types in Poland, Abstracts International Symposium on Aeolian Processes, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat Campus, Israel 23-28 October 2011, 25-26
  • Łabuz T.A., 2007, Rate of the sand transportation across the beach during heavy wind action – an example from Świna Gate Sandbar. [In:] International Conference on Management and Restoration of Coastal Dunes. Santander, Spain, 03-05.10.2007, 79-80

Awards and scholarships

  • 2011, Award of Polish National Centre of Research and Development: Prestigious grant from project LIDER
  • 2009, Conference Scholarship for young scientists awarded by the Warsaw Scientific Society and the Foundation for Polish Science for the trip to a conference in Australia: Geomorphology 2009, Melbourne, Australia, 6-12.07.2009
  • 2007, Conference Scholarship for young scientists awarded by the Warsaw Scientific Society
    and the Foundation for Polish Science for the trip to a conference in Spain: International Conference on Management and Restoration of Coastal Dunes (ICCD). University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 03-05.10.2007
  • 2006, First Grade Individual Award and the Rector of the University of Szczecin, for outstanding scientific achievements
  • 2004 & 2005, scholarship holder of the Foundation for Polish Science for young scientists (FNP),