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Auswirkung der Grundfischerei auf die Kohlenstoffemissionen des Meeresbodens überschätzt

10/05/2023

In 2021, an article in Nature made world headlines because it equated the carbon released from seabed disturbance due to bottom trawling to the amount of CO2 generated by the global aviation industry.

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Two victims of Bois du Cazier mine fire identified

25/04/2023

August 8 1956, 262 miners lost their lives in the Bois du Cazier mine fire in Marcinelle (Charleroi).

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Das HOME-Forschungsprojekt empfiehlt die Rückführung historischer menschlicher Überreste aus den ehemaligen belgischen Kolonien

28/03/2023

A multidisciplinary research team coordinated by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) is calling to change the law to facilitate the repatriation of human remains where requested and to put human remains out of commerce.

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Worldwide collections database maps 1 billion objects

24/03/2023

A new database maps the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums and herbaria in 28 countries, revealing a total collection of more than 1.1 billion objects.

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Monograph provides overview of fossil cartilaginous fishes in our collection

23/03/2023

Two experts have published a richly illustrated reference work of fossil chondrichthyans, cartilaginous fishes including sharks, in the collections of the Institute of Natural Sciences.

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Umweltauswirkungen von Offshore-Windparks: Vorbereitungen für den Ausbau in der belgischen Nordsee

22/03/2023

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Neues Abkommen schützt Artenvielfalt auf hoher See

08/03/2023

From 20 February to 4 March, the very last BBNJ negotiations, aimed at adopting an international treaty for the protection of biodiversity on the high seas, took place in New York. The agreement was reached after 17 years of intense discussions and negotiations at the United Nations.

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Überlebende der Eiszeit

01/03/2023

An international team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has revised the phylogeny of the Elapoidea, an important group of snakes. By doing so, they discovered a new family of snakes.

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Wissenschaftler entdecken eine neue Schlangenfamilie

13/02/2023

An international team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has revised the phylogeny of the Elapoidea, an important group of snakes. By doing so, they discovered a new family of snakes.

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Bright Festival : du 16 au 19 février

06/02/2023