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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24/03/2023
Worldwide Collections Database Maps 1 Billion Objects
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23/03/2023
Monograph provides overview of fossil cartilaginous fishes in our collection
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Reinout VerbekeTwo experts have published a richly illustrated reference work of fossil chondrichthyans, cartilaginous fishes including sharks, in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. The monographic update is the result of a thorough check-up.
22/03/2023
Environmental impact of offshore wind farms: getting ready for expansion in the Belgian North Sea
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Kelle MoreauIn their latest annual report, the scientists that monitor the environmental impact of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea focus o
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08/03/2023
New treaty protects biodiversity on high seas
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Kelle MoreauFrom 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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01/03/2023
Ice Age Survivors
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Reinout VerbekeLarge-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula.
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