New fossils from Italy shed light on the evolution of extreme gigantism of whales. "Large whales evolved earlier than previously thought" our colleague Felix Marx explains.
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01/05/2019
The Largest Fossil Whale Ever Found
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Reinout Verbeke
25/04/2019
The New Research Vessel Will Honour the Belgian Tradition and Sail the Seas as ‘RV Belgica II’
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Kelle MoreauOn 6 November 2018, the Cabinet of Science Policy launched a competition to determine the name of the new Belgian research vessel.
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OD Natural Environment
17/04/2019
Aerial Surveys over the North Sea in 2018
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Kelle MoreauIn 2018, we performed a total of 225 flight hours over the North Sea in the framework of the national programme of aerial surveys. This contribution lists the most important results, with focus on the core tasks: surveillance of marine pollution and monitoring of the marine environment.
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10/04/2019
How Healthy Is Our North Sea?
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Kelle MoreauThe main objective of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is to achieve 'good environmental status' in the marine environment of all EU member states by 2020.
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OD Natural Environment
04/04/2019
52 Million Year Old Birds Found by Palaeontology Enthusiasts
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Charlotte DegueldreThanks to the excavations carried out in Egem, West Flanders, by palaeontology enthusiasts we know more about the early Eocene birds of the North Sea Basin.
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