In 2021, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) performed a total of 248 flight hours over the North Sea in the framework of the national programme of aerial surveys. Thirteen cases of operational discharges by ships have been observed.
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29/04/2022
King Philippe visits research vessel Belgica
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Kelle MoreauOn Thursday 21 April 2022, His Majesty King Philippe visited the new research vessel RV Belgica.
26/04/2022
Ten strategic recommendations for sustainable sand extraction
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Kelle MoreauSand is vital for building the foundations of our society. Currently, around 50 billion tonnes of this raw material are extracted worldwide each year, and the growing world population is only increasing demand.
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22/04/2022
Ten new species of predatory fish from Lake Edward
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Reinout VerbekeA team of Belgian researchers has described ten new species of small predatory fish from Lake Edward. Scientists have long suspected that this lake between the DR Congo and Uganda is home to exceptional fish diversity.
20/04/2022
Pterosaurs already had coloured feathers
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Reinout VerbekePterosaurs, flying reptiles and close relatives of the dinosaurs, already developed feathers of different shapes and colours. This has been proven by a 115 million year old Brazilian fossil, studied by a team of palaeontologists.
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