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Today, H.E. Ambassador Bitange Ndemo & a delegation of the Kenya Embassy 🇰🇪 in Brussels visited VLIZ in the presence of Carl Decaluwé, Jan Mees, Colin Janssen and Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaut. They discussed the marine science cooperation between Kenya and Flanders/Belgium.
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, H.E. Ambassador Bitange Ndemo & a delegation of the Kenya Embassy 🇰🇪 in Brussels visited VLIZ in the presence of Carl Decaluwé, Jan Mees, Colin Janssen and Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaut. They discussed the marine science cooperation between Kenya and Flanders/Belgium.
New study in Nature Communications investigates the fate of human lead emissions in the ocean and shows that the Arctic Ocean is strongly affected by past use of leaded gasoline. Read the full article 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...
The Arctic Ocean is a net sink for anthropogenic lead deposited into the Atlantic Ocean - Nature Communications
Humans released millions of tons of toxic Pb into the air. The authors show that the Arctic Ocean is a sink for Pb emissions in North America and Eurasia that deposited into the North Atlantic Ocean l...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New study in Nature Communications investigates the fate of human lead emissions in the ocean and shows that the Arctic Ocean is strongly affected by past use of leaded gasoline. Read the full article 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...
✨ Happy Holidays! ✨
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ Happy Holidays! ✨
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Research of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social & @vliz.be shows that NASA’s new PACE/OCI hyperspectral sensor can detect blooms of Phaeocystis in the Southern North Sea. This research wouldn't have been possible without the PANTHYR system developed by VLIZ & deployed on the Blue Accelerator of POM WVl.
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Research of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social & @vliz.be shows that NASA’s new PACE/OCI hyperspectral sensor can detect blooms of Phaeocystis in the Southern North Sea. This research wouldn't have been possible without the PANTHYR system developed by VLIZ & deployed on the Blue Accelerator of POM WVl.
🌊 Dive into marine biodiversity at WCMB 2026 in Bruges 🇧🇪
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🌊 Dive into marine biodiversity at WCMB 2026 in Bruges 🇧🇪
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
The VLIZ scientific diving team took a training dive in the Put van Ekeren. On the programme: lift-bag tests, navigation practice & sending up a surface marker buoy (SMB) on a reel. At the same time they tried out new kit. More about the VLIZ diving team 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/scientifi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The VLIZ scientific diving team took a training dive in the Put van Ekeren. On the programme: lift-bag tests, navigation practice & sending up a surface marker buoy (SMB) on a reel. At the same time they tried out new kit. More about the VLIZ diving team 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/scientifi...
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We are calling for your nominations for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!
Details: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026
@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
Details: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026
@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We are calling for your nominations for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!
Details: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026
@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
Details: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026
@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
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“Fish don’t know borders, so our science shouldn’t either.”, said Ecologist Jan Reubens (@lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social)
See how the @vliz.be ETN network connects researchers in Europe 👉 bit.ly/48nObgw
@inbo.be
See how the @vliz.be ETN network connects researchers in Europe 👉 bit.ly/48nObgw
@inbo.be
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“Fish don’t know borders, so our science shouldn’t either.”, said Ecologist Jan Reubens (@lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social)
See how the @vliz.be ETN network connects researchers in Europe 👉 bit.ly/48nObgw
@inbo.be
See how the @vliz.be ETN network connects researchers in Europe 👉 bit.ly/48nObgw
@inbo.be
🌍📷@EMarineBoard has launched a new survey on social media usage in science environments, and we’re inviting researchers, science communicators, policy-makers, journalists, educators, NGOs and industry experts to take part.
📷 Take the survey: www.marineboard.eu/embcp-survey...
📷 Take the survey: www.marineboard.eu/embcp-survey...
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🌍📷@EMarineBoard has launched a new survey on social media usage in science environments, and we’re inviting researchers, science communicators, policy-makers, journalists, educators, NGOs and industry experts to take part.
📷 Take the survey: www.marineboard.eu/embcp-survey...
📷 Take the survey: www.marineboard.eu/embcp-survey...
Every year, @vliz.be surveys the marine research landscape in Flanders and Belgium 🇧🇪📊. The 2024 inventory (2008 - 2024) demonstrates that Belgian marine research is truly multidisciplinary and internationally collaborative 🫱🏿🫲🏽
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Every year, @vliz.be surveys the marine research landscape in Flanders and Belgium 🇧🇪📊. The 2024 inventory (2008 - 2024) demonstrates that Belgian marine research is truly multidisciplinary and internationally collaborative 🫱🏿🫲🏽
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
VLIZ recruits: a Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Data Engineer. Are you passionate about leveraging data to advance marine sciences and contribute to EU & global initiatives such as @icos-ri.eu & @socatco2.bsky.social? Join us! Apply no later than 4 January 2026. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
VLIZ recruits: a Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Data Engineer. Are you passionate about leveraging data to advance marine sciences and contribute to EU & global initiatives such as @icos-ri.eu & @socatco2.bsky.social? Join us! Apply no later than 4 January 2026. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
How effective are plastic clean-up technologies and what risks do they pose? Giulia Leone’s PhD dives into remediation technologies, citizen perceptions & issue of bycatch. A multidisciplinary look at tackling plastics. Congratulations, Giulia! #VLIZ #UGent #INBO 🔗https://vliz.be/en/node/140321
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Vlaams Viceminister-president & minister van Wonen, Energie & klimaat, Toerisme & Jeugd Melissa Depraetere bezocht het #VLIZ. Ze maakte kennis met ons klimaatonderzoek, de ingezette technologieën en onze beleidsinformerende instrumenten. Ook blauw toerisme en de energietransitie kwamen aan bod.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Vlaams Viceminister-president & minister van Wonen, Energie & klimaat, Toerisme & Jeugd Melissa Depraetere bezocht het #VLIZ. Ze maakte kennis met ons klimaatonderzoek, de ingezette technologieën en onze beleidsinformerende instrumenten. Ook blauw toerisme en de energietransitie kwamen aan bod.
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Exciting event coming up! The CommOcean Conference team will be hosting an online talk on 'Driving more impactful communication, the World Ocean Assessment as example' on 11 December 2025 at 15:00-17:30 CET! Register here to join us and discuss marine #scicomm: commocean.org/online-talks
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Exciting event coming up! The CommOcean Conference team will be hosting an online talk on 'Driving more impactful communication, the World Ocean Assessment as example' on 11 December 2025 at 15:00-17:30 CET! Register here to join us and discuss marine #scicomm: commocean.org/online-talks
Use case testimony by Jan Reubens (@vliz.be) about onboarding fish tracking data from the European Tracking Network (ETN, @aquatictracking.bsky.social) in #EDITO. #DOF2025 #EuropeanDigitalTwinOcean #MissionOcean
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Use case testimony by Jan Reubens (@vliz.be) about onboarding fish tracking data from the European Tracking Network (ETN, @aquatictracking.bsky.social) in #EDITO. #DOF2025 #EuropeanDigitalTwinOcean #MissionOcean
Aiman Shaikh @vliz.be introduces the EDITO Forum at #DOF2025. "A collaborative platform designed to foster ongoing collaboration, networking & cooperation among both current & future EDITO projects". Release: January 2026. @mercatorocean.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Aiman Shaikh @vliz.be introduces the EDITO Forum at #DOF2025. "A collaborative platform designed to foster ongoing collaboration, networking & cooperation among both current & future EDITO projects". Release: January 2026. @mercatorocean.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
Stijn Vermaere (IT project manager @vliz.be) shares his experiences of onboarding data of the European Tracking Network in #EDITO. “If everyone is open with their data you have so much more to win than you have to lose” #DOF2025 @aquatictracking.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Stijn Vermaere (IT project manager @vliz.be) shares his experiences of onboarding data of the European Tracking Network in #EDITO. “If everyone is open with their data you have so much more to win than you have to lose” #DOF2025 @aquatictracking.bsky.social
EU Digital Twin Ocean #EDITO has entered its 2nd phase with a €14 million investment. Led by @mercatorocean.bsky.social & @vliz.be on behalf of @ec.europa.eu this stage will enhance the platform’s technological capabilities + expand co-creation with Europe’s marine community. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yjr6hcfx
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
EU Digital Twin Ocean #EDITO has entered its 2nd phase with a €14 million investment. Led by @mercatorocean.bsky.social & @vliz.be on behalf of @ec.europa.eu this stage will enhance the platform’s technological capabilities + expand co-creation with Europe’s marine community. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yjr6hcfx
#VLIZ is represented at the Digital Ocean Forum #DOF2025. Scientists, policymakers, innovators & members of the wider ocean community gather to explore the latest advances of the EU DTO @mercatorocean.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#VLIZ is represented at the Digital Ocean Forum #DOF2025. Scientists, policymakers, innovators & members of the wider ocean community gather to explore the latest advances of the EU DTO @mercatorocean.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
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Last night, the #LifeWatch SeaWatch-B training took place at the InnovOcean Campus.
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
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Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last night, the #LifeWatch SeaWatch-B training took place at the InnovOcean Campus.
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
Save the date: the next CommOcean conference will take place 2-3 September 2026 in Bergen (Norway).
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Save the date: the next CommOcean conference will take place 2-3 September 2026 in Bergen (Norway).
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
🌊 The call for abstracts for the VLIZ Marine Science Day 2026 (#VMSD26) is open!
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌊 The call for abstracts for the VLIZ Marine Science Day 2026 (#VMSD26) is open!
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
Joint meeting of the IOC Groups of Experts on Ocean Literacy & of Capacity Development in UNESCO's HQ in #Paris has started. VLIZ is represented by Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet & @juanajimenez.bsky.social (GoE Capacity Development) and Jan Seys (GoE Ocean Literacy). @unesco.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Joint meeting of the IOC Groups of Experts on Ocean Literacy & of Capacity Development in UNESCO's HQ in #Paris has started. VLIZ is represented by Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet & @juanajimenez.bsky.social (GoE Capacity Development) and Jan Seys (GoE Ocean Literacy). @unesco.bsky.social