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Microscopic observation of a section of Devonian fossil wood containing tyloses (arrows) produced by parenchyma cells (P) inside a conductor cell (C); scale: 0.05 mm (50 µm). Photos: A-L Decombeix.
17/05/2023

360-million-year-old fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood

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Reinout Verbeke

Paleobotanists have found fossils in Ireland showing that plants had adapted to drought very early on.

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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Events
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).

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