Jim van Belzen
@jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
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Estuarine Ecologist & Modeller, PhD || Coastal Resilience Lab @ Wageningen Marine Research & Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research || Researching how Emergent Engineering can shape Climate-Robust Nature-based Solutions
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Nu na de overstap naar dit platform 🦋 en veel nieuwe volgers in een paar weken tijd, leek het mij zinvol om mijzelf en mijn werk te introduceren.

Een draadje 🧵👇
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Deze week neem ik Falco en Maas mee in de aflevering “Leven met Water” van Dwars door de Delta
#GeoPark #ScheldeDelta #OmroepZeeland

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Dwars door de Delta, Leven met water
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It’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! 🌍

Every year, migratory birds take on seriously epic journeys.

From our UK coasts and wetlands, to the forests of West Africa, we’re working to protect and restore the habitats they rely on along their routes.

Read more: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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Mixed plant and arthropod biodiversity responses to solar park establishment on former agricultural lands 🦋

Suggests that, while biodiversity can increase in solar parks post-conversion compared to previous land use, not all taxonomic groups benefit from this change 🌏🧪

doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Als 'Zeelanders' hebben we momenteel nog steeds de beste uitgangspunten om onze provincie/zuidwestelijk 'delta' robuuster in te richten om klimaatverandering en zeespiegelstijging op te vangen. Maar dan moeten we wel de keuze durven te maken voor herstel van natuur & natuurlijke landvorming
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Deze week neem ik Falco en Maas mee in de aflevering “Leven met Water” van Dwars door de Delta
#GeoPark #ScheldeDelta #OmroepZeeland

youtu.be/7-HFVux0Ipo?...
Dwars door de Delta, Leven met water
YouTube video by Omroep Zeeland
youtu.be
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Dag 2 van #WeekendvandeWetenschap op pad om een kids college te geven in het Geofort
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A system can be said to be robust if one or more of its structural or functional properties remains invariant despite exposure to nontrivial perturbations.
#TriviaFriday
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I think the thing that really gets me is the confidence with which people are wrong these days
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Just out!
Our work on #Xiriton as a novel building material with potential for nature-enriching the marine environment based on locally sourced materials.
doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
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Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
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biologicaldiversity.org
Nine years ago today on September 26, 2016, we lost Toughie — the last Rabb’s fringe-limbed tree frog on Earth — to the extinction crisis.

Dozens of species go extinct everyday, but you can help stop the extinction crisis. Join us at 👉 www.savinglifeonearth.org
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Great meeting. Great team 😉
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Still time to apply! Deadline tomorrow for postdoc on #NbS in salt marshes with fantastic Jim van Belzen & Tjeerd Bouma. Going to be fun project & team! 🤩 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social
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Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project at the NIOZ to test novel #NaturebasedSolutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱.
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
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Day 3: the BLUESHORES kick off meeting in Chioggia at the Venice Lagoon is a wrap. Great to see old friends and meet new ones. Thanks for hosting us Laura Airoldi and team