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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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

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WoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 17d

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...

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

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · 18d

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

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

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 25d

👑 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

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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

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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...

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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...

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

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Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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 .

Verborgen onder water: wat weten we over exoten aan onze kust?

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? 👉🏽
www.vliz.be/testerep/nl/... #invasivespecies

Een nieuwe grondige analyse toont dat het aantal geïntroduceerde niet-inheemse planten- en diersoorten in de Belgische Noordzee en het Schelde-estuarium de voorbije decennia spectaculair is gestegen, ...

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Octopuses fall for the ‘rubber arm’ illusion, just like us

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jul 23

Octopuses fall for the ‘rubber arm’ illusion, just like us | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Experiment shows octopuses feel body ownership, a trait previously seen only in mammals

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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Jul 18

🌊 🏆 Congratulations to VLIZ climate researcher @roobaertalizee.bsky.social who was one of the finalists of the 2024 Chen Institute & Science AI Prize for developing an innovative AI solution to monitor oceanic climate dynamics. 🔗 vliz.be/en/news/dr-a... @cheninstitute.bsky.social @aaas.org

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jun 13

Humpback Whale Bubble Rings May Be an Attempt to Communicate With Us www.sciencealert.com/humpback-wha...

Humpback Whale Bubble Rings May Be an Attempt to Communicate With Us

Humpback whales caught blowing giant bubble rings underwater may have been attempting some kind of communication with their audience of human onlookers, a new study suggests.

www.sciencealert.com

Na de VN-oceaanconferentie: 'Je voelt dat er een momentum is om onze oceanen beter te beschermen'

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jun 12

Na de VN-oceaanconferentie: 'Je voelt dat er een momentum is om onze oceanen beter te beschermen' www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

De VN-oceaanconferentie, deze week in de Franse stad Nice, heeft het Vollezeeverdrag een stap dichterbij gebracht. Verwacht wordt dat het akkoord, dat de oceanen beschermt die buiten de nationale juri...

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België tekent straks VN-Oceaanverdrag en wil graag nieuw secretariaat naar Brussel halen | VRT NWS: nieuws

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jun 11

We co-organised a successful side-event at #UNOC3 on the clearing house mechanism for the #BBNJ treaty. @IocUnesco’s Vidar Helgesen delivered an inspiring keynote. I was on the panel stressing we don’t start from scratch: data systems and communities supporting them are in place.

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jun 9

België tekent straks VN-Oceaanverdrag en wil graag nieuw secretariaat naar Brussel halen. Ik heb een interview gegeven hiervoor www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

België gaat straks, op de Oceaanconferentie van de Verenigde Naties, officieel het internationale VN-Oceaanverdrag bekrachtigen. Minister van de Noordzee Annelies Verlinden gaat er ook pleiten om het ...

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · Jun 4

Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever

Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, climate stability and ocean equity. A consensus must be built now to save them.

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · May 28

Today in #Oostende: Peter Pissierssens’ last day in the @IocUnesco Project Office for @IODEocean. Thanks for the many years of service, Peter, and enjoy well-deserved retirement.

Onderzoeksschip Belgica "ligt nog altijd te roesten" in Zeebrugge: vaartuig van 54 miljoen euro al jaar niet uitgevaren | VRT NWS: nieuws

Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · May 28

Dit is een regelrechte schande, ernstige reputatieschade voor België, groot probleem voor Vlaamse mariene wetenschap vrtnws.be/p.YbOm6WQLn

Het dure onderzoeksschip de Belgica is al een jaar niet uitgevaren. Het ligt sinds juni vorig jaar aan de kade in de marinebasis van Zeebrugge. Het varende laboratorium heeft technische mankementen. E...

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Systemic failure of European fisheries management

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · May 28

📘 The VLIZ Annual Report 2024 is out! From an award for the InnovOcean Campus to an elevated observation capacity & the graduation of the first PhD cohort — dive into a year of impact, innovation & collaboration in marine science. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/publications/annual-report/annual-report-2024

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · May 26

Last week in @UNESCO HQ Paris for the meeting of the Editorial Board of the third @IocUnesco Global Ocean Science Report #GOSR

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Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social · May 25

Systemic failure of European fisheries management | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Overcoming shortsighted interests with politically independent ecosystem-based catch limits may end overfishing in EU waters

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