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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.

In June 2023, individual visitors enjoy half-price entry at the Museum.
22/05/2023

Half-price entry for individual visitors in June

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Charlotte Degueldre

The Museum gets into summer mode this June: beautiful lighting, guaranteed quiet and lots of new exhibits for the season...  

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Museum News
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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Scientific News
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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Scientific News
Eye of a rhinoceros (picture: Fritha Langerman)
09/05/2023

FREIGHTED: 500 years of rhinoceros collection and display

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Charlotte Degueldre

In this travelling installation, South African artist Fritha Langerman, from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, draws attention to the crisis of extinction of animal species, particularly the rhinoceros.

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