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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 8d

Ons tweede boek "Het vreemde leven in de oceaan. Van diepzeemonsters tot microben" verschijnt in het voorjaar. Er er is een webpagina met meer informatie: academiapress.be/nl/het-vreem.... Gebruik kortingscode "oceaan10" voor 10% korting!

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 11d

New @emarineboard.bsky.social report shows current marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (#mCDR) methods are not yet ready for large-scale deployment – cutting CO₂ emissions remains essential and MRV frameworks developed. Proud that Peter Landschützer (#VLIZ) contributed.👇
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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 11d

VLIZ is hiring: PhD researcher "Immune effects of sea air". Join the VLIZ research group Life's Roots & Rates and unravel the mechanistic links between marine microbial diversity, endotoxin composition & human immune responses. Apply no later than Tuesday, December 9th 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...

7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026.bsky.social · 12d

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!

Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!

Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration

@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity

Register here

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 16d

CO2-uitstoot uit fossiele brandstoffen was nooit hoger www.vliz.be/testerep/nl/...

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 16d

Peter Landschützer – #VLIZ research director and author of next @ipcc.bsky.social report – contributed to #GlobalCarbonProject 2025: mainly collaborating to insights on role of #ocean in global carbon budget & impact #ClimateChange on extent carbon absorption by ocean.
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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 22d

Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications

Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...

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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 23d

#VLIZ is hosting a North Seas Energy Cooperation meeting @InnovOcean Campus. We’re honoured to contribute to the grow of renewable energy. Mathieu Bihet: ‘Holding this meeting in Ostend, Belgium’s main offshore hub, shows our country’s central role in the NSEC’ @fodeconomie.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Oct 30

New paper: National implementation of the European Union policy framework for monitoring introduced non-indigenous species in marine and brackish waters: a Belgian case study based on an updated species inventory neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...

National implementation of the European Union policy framework for monitoring introduced non-indigenous species in marine and brackish waters: a Belgian case study based on an updated species inventor...

Based on a thorough literature review and expert consultation, this study provides an inventory of all introduced non-indigenous species (iNIS) reported for Belgian marine and brackish waters. The dat...

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Oct 16

Brazil Strengthens Coastal Monitoring Network with 18 Stations by 2026. “Real-time monitoring and metadata are managed through the Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)” unes.co/9hxbth

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Oct 14

🌊🏺The 8th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology #IKUWA8 takes place in Ostend this week. With 400+ participants from all over the world (>50 countries from 6 continents), it's the largest congress in the history of IKUWA. A week full exciting tales telling our past! 🤝

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Oct 13

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Schmidlin (#VLIZ #ugent) on the successful defence of her PhD on oyster larval settlement. 🦪 Her research reveals how larvae use different cues to select the best location for settlement & metamorphosis. 📘 Read more 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/PhD-... @wurmarine.bsky.social

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Oct 9

Today, VLIZ has the honor of welcoming the Australian Ambassador and his delegation to Ostend. Together we look forward to stronger Flemish–Australian ties in marine research, innovation, biodiversity & tackling climate change. 🌊 @unoceandecade.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Oct 8

VLIZ recruits: a PhD researcher "Sports and Human Health in Belgian Seaside Resorts". Apply no later than Sunday, November 9th 👇 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz... #jobasatvliz #VLIZrecruits #ugent

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Oct 7

VLIZ is hiring: Team Lead and Project Manager to head the Geospatial and Data Products (GD&P) team of the VLIZ Marine Data Centre. 🗺️ Apply no later than Sunday, November 2nd. #JobsatVLIZ #VLIZrecruits www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Oct 3

Thanks, I’m a fan myself 😎

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Oct 3

…and the daughter of a biologist.

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Sep 30

This was a wonderful 2-week experiment in our Marine Station #Oostende. With VLIZ' Thanos Gkritzalis, Steve Jones, Peter Landschützer and Hannelore Theetaert as co-authors.

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Sep 30

In 2021, the @icos-ri.eu Ocean Thematic Centre organised a large intercomparison study at the Marine Station Ostend of #VLIZ, comparing 27 instruments used for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements. Today, the results are published and one method emerges most reliable! 👏 #ICOS #oceanobservation

ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · Sep 30

The ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre has published the results of the largest intercomparison study of its kind, comparing 27 instruments for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements. One method was proved most reliable.

➡️ Read the study by Steinhoff et al: ow.ly/glBV50X4g8S

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Sep 30

In 2021, the @icos-ri.eu Ocean Thematic Centre organised a large intercomparison study at the Marine Station Ostend of #VLIZ, comparing 27 instruments used for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements. Today, the results are published and one method emerges most reliable! 👏 #ICOS #oceanobservation

ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · Sep 30

The ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre has published the results of the largest intercomparison study of its kind, comparing 27 instruments for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements. One method was proved most reliable.

➡️ Read the study by Steinhoff et al: ow.ly/glBV50X4g8S

WoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · Sep 30

New WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) Sep 2025: welcome Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social and thanks Lauren Hughes for all the time and efforts!

Shane Ahyong & Chris Boyko unanimously re-elected as chair & co-chair!

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@lifewatchvliz.bsky.social #marinespecies

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Sep 24

New @vliz.be @WRMarineSpecies paper. Marine biodiversity discovery: the metrics of new species descriptions. Figure: country of institutional affiliation of first authors: Belgium in the top 10 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Sep 23

Delighted to see @VLIZnews @WRMarineSpecies mentioned in Jason Roberts' 2025 Pulitzer Prize winning biography on Linnaeus and Buffon 'Every Living Thing': "When he can spare the time, Jan Mees is an exorcist of scientific ghosts". Full excerpt in Nautilus: nautil.us/the-end-of-s...

The End of Species

Why it's time for new ways of naming life.

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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Sep 16

👑 Royal visit today at VLIZ!
King Filip & Queen Mathilde discovered our work on marine sensors, ocean sound, robotics & vessels🌊🤖🚤 Learn more: vliz.be/en/news/king... #RoyalVisit #NorthSea #OceanScience #MarineScience

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Sep 2

VLIZ partners with @seabed2030.bsky.social to map the entire ocean floor by 2030.
Read more 👉 www.vliz.be/en/news/reve...
#Seabed2030 #OceanDecade

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Sep 2

New paper in Nature Climate Change, with Peter Landschützer of VLIZ. The ocean carbon sink is ailing: during the record 2023 marine heatwave, the ocean absorbed ~1 Gt less CO₂ ≈ half of the EU’s annual emissions www.vliz.be/en/news/ocea...

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Aug 27

Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents

Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Aug 5

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

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Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · Dec 18

Welcome to Bluesky! When Jan isn't listening to gulls he's running VLIZ, who amongst other work are our heroes in hosting live sea-level data all around the world on behalf of UNESCO, www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/map.php .

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Dec 13

Nieuwe analyse door VLIZ Alien Species Consortium toont spectactulaire stijging in aantal geïntroduceerde niet-inheemse planten- & diersoorten in Belgische Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium🐚🦐🐟📈Wie zijn ze? Hoe komen ze hier? En wat is hun impact? 👉🏽
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