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The aerial surveillance aircraft prepares to monitor emissions from a ship at sea. (Image: RBINS/MUMM)
22/05/2023

30 years of Belgian North Sea aerial surveillance

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Kelle Moreau

Although the Belgian part of the North Sea only represents 0.5 % of the North Sea surface, it is situated in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and combines a large number of human activities on a limited space.

Harbour seal, Koksijde, 3 March 2022 (Image: Dominique Nootens)
11/05/2023

Marine mammals in Belgium in 2022

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Kelle Moreau

In its new report 'Marine mammals in Belgium in 2022' (available in Dutch and

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Sediment plumes following seabed disturbance by bottom trawling. (©SkyTruth, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/3256057796>, via Flickr, adapted)
10/05/2023

Effect of bottom trawling on carbon emissions from seabed overestimated

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Kelle Moreau

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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Bois du Cazier two victims identified
25/04/2023

Two victims of Bois du Cazier mine fire identified

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Reinout Verbeke

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

Collection of skulls from the medieval Coxyde abbey cemetery conservated at RBINS (Photo: Thierry Hubin; Collection RBINS)
28/03/2023

HOME research project recommends repatriation of historical human remains from former Belgian colonies and the creation of a focal point on human remains

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Reinout Verbeke

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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