#PIO VLAIO Nieuwe overheidsopdracht: drijvend zwerfvuil in de kustjachthavens verwijderen 👉 vlaio.be/nl/nieuws/nieu…

🌊💡 Samenvatting van de Ocean Decade Meets Mission Ocean-conferentie gisteren in Oostende: de toekomst is blauw! Want de oceaan herbergt een zee van onontgonnen mogelijkheden en levensbelangrijke kennis 🌊💙 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ VLEVA

🤝SOS-Zeropol has wrapped up it's first Living Lab on. Working together, we explored how we can work together to find mitigate the use of PFAS throughout the entire product chain of medical devices.

🔗Want to learn more about #PFAS and its impact? storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/dc9f7d…

🚘🚍🛞 Today subgroup 1.3 heard multiple interventions on the need to include #tyre wear particles #TWPs under core obligation 8 on #emissions and releases of #plastic to the environment #INC4 ✨ #plastic streaty Andy Booth Source to Seas - Zero Pollution 2030 Thomas Maes Kathrin Kopke Lisa Devriese

Don't miss this INSPIRational keynote of Gert Everaert (@VLIZnews) at REMEDIES Cluster meeting! ⤵️

📅 Tomorrow! 25/4
⏰ 10.30-11.00 Innovative solutions for plastic-free European rivers 🇪🇺💙🌊

🔴 Livestream:
remedies-for-ocean.eu/2nd-remedies-c…

#MissionOcean #HorizonEU #cleanrivers

Zondag 16 juni bruist het Marien Station Oostende van wetenschap, kunst & creativiteit 🫧. Van virtual reality en theater 🎭 tot proeven van zeevoedsel 🍲en een live dissectie van een zeevogel.🦤 En vooral veel doe-dingen voor jong & oud. Daags voordien (15/06), serveren we…

Today we celebrate #earthday 🌎
This year theme is planet vs. plastic

#InterregNorthSea project #TREASURE is tackling the problem of marine litter reaching the sea via inland waterways posing a threat to the environment and human health.

#madewithinterreg #wearethenorthsea

Making an argument for reigning in vested interests in the global #PlasticsTreaty . Only if we minimize corporate manufacture of doubt on the science will a treaty succeed.
#INC4 #PlasticPollution

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Sampling macro & mesolitter @ Temse - Scheldt! VITO Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ & rivercleanup joining forces on plastic litter observations: gathering information to monitor changes when promoting citizen engagement & innovation for remediation. INSPIRE Mission Ocean Waters

We have a logo! Save the date for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, 17-20 November 2026, in the beautiful city of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium #WCMB26 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ

Litter accumulation in the environment is not homogeneous! Therese Nitschke and I went to Nieuwpoort this morning to identify #litter hotspots and carefully plan the next sampling campaign of #TREASURE_EU North Sea Region Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ Lisa Devriese

Presenting 8⃣ INSPIRE demo sites!
1/8 🌊Scheldt River🌊
Known for its important economic role, but having several plastic litter hotspots🆘❗️

🎯Intensive monitoring & collection (river water & -banks)
📍 Antwerp & Temse

➡️ Visit inspire-europe.org/locations for an in-depth look! 👀

Who visits the coast, what do they do, and what do they experience? 🤔
Find out about the effects of the Belgian coast 🌊on human health 🩷 with our newly published survey-data 👇👇👇
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Team #PlasticPollution from Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ is sampling this week at the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium, onboard the research vessel Simon Stevin! They are investigation plastic accumulation and identifying hotspots of micro- and mesoplastics! Mattias Bossaer Therese Nitschke

📣JPI Oceans is delighted to launch a new Joint Call on Consequences of Changing Marine Lightscapes aiming to close critical gaps in our understanding of the drivers and ecological impacts of changing marine lightscapes.
👉jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-call-…

It's that time....
📢Abstract submission is OPEN for the 5th edition of #MICRO2024

➡️ 25 multidisciplinary themes cover all fields of #plasticpollution #microplastic and #nanoplastic research

🔗 micro2024.sciencesconf.org

On behalf of MICRO 2024 Scientific Committee

📢 Open call for abstracts for the 5th edition of #MICRO2024 send your abstract before 20 May.

➡️ 25 topics that cover all fields concerned with #microplastics and #nanoplastics

➡️ Go to the dedicated URL micro2024.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/….

On behalf of MICRO 2024 Scientific Committee

Some exciting things are happening:
The VLIZ Marine Robotics Centre is growing! We are looking to recruit an additional team member to work with us.

(I would encourage interested marine techs to apply too)

🌊 🤖
vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz-r…

📢New paper out! 📢 Our study over 19 sandy beaches in the #Azores shows that grain size and beach orientation play a role in #microplastics (0.1-5mm) concentrations.

This work was led by Clara Rodrigues and Christopher K. Pham

Read it open access👇sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Discover PFAS, the 'forever chemicals,' and their European impact. We dive into the PFAS pollution case of the 3M factory in Antwerp, Belgium, where ‘no regrets’ measures are in place for residents to prevent further exposure to this forever chemical.

url.grida.no/PFAS