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Little update from the CANOE campaign team
The CANOE team has been away a little while now, off the coast of Southern Greenland, studying the impacts of climate change on the...
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APECS Belgium
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Little update from the CANOE campaign team
The CANOE team has been away a little while now, off the coast of Southern Greenland, studying the impacts of climate change on the...
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Louise Delhaye
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Belgium helps create a new protected area in Antarctica
No fewer than 41 countries and 9 organizations met in Helsinki from 29 May to 8 June for the 45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting....
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Lotte De Maeyer
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Nature's Hidden Wonders: Unveiling the Arctic-Alpine Plant Engineers
When we think of polar regions or high-altitude mountains, we often imagine vast stretches of ice, snow, and barren landscapes. However,...
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APECS Belgium
- Jun 8
- 5 min
WRAPPING-UP THE FIRST EDITION OF OUR ANNUAL NETWORKING EVENT
For its first annual networking event, APECS Belgium was lucky to work in collaboration with Talk CEC on Friday 2 June 2023.
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Xia Lin
- May 31
- 3 min
A SCIENTIFIC PAPER MADE EASY: impact of atmospheric forcing uncertainties on sea ice simulations
Today our topic is about sea ice simulations, a recent study published in the Cryosphere, undertaken at UCLouvain by Xia Lin and...
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Marie Cavitte
- May 24
- 3 min
Discover the “New Frontiers of Belgian Polar Science” & COME network with other polar enthusiasts
On the 2nd of June, APECS Belgium is organizing its first annual networking event where we hope to reunite all Belgians or Belgium-based...
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Elise Kazmierczak
- May 23
- 3 min
Our intense experience at the 2023 EGU General Assembly PartII
Elise Kazmierczak provided us 9+1 tips to have a great EGU! For the 4th time, I participated in the EGU General Assembly. In my previous...
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Xia Lin
- May 23
- 5 min
Our intense experience at the 2023 EGU General Assembly PARTI
Today we would like to introduce our APECS-Belgium members, who attended the 2023 European Geosciences Union (EGU) general assembly and...
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Lotte De Maeyer
- May 4
- 2 min
Meltdown Alert: Study Shows Ice Sheets Collapsing at Record Speeds of 600 Meters Per Day
In today’s blog post, you can read about a pressing topic related to climate change and sea level rise. Recently, the Guardian reported...
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APECS Belgium
- Apr 27
- 9 min
BETWEEN LONELINESS AND EXCITEMENT: THE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF PURSUING A PHD
A thirst for learning, an insatiable curiosity, the desire to teach, to combat important issues such as climate change, or sometimes only...
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APECS Belgium
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Tonight: opening of the seas & oceans immersive exhibition - Talk C.E.C + APECS Belgium
Tonight is the night: after months of work, the Seas & Oceans exhibition finally opens its doors! What? "Mers & Océans" is an immersive...
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Louise Delhaye
- Apr 13
- 3 min
A SCIENTIFIC PAPER MADE EASY: MONITORING TRACE METALS IN ANTARCTICA
The vivid red hull of the ship slowly makes its way through the sea ice. What is actually just a few scattered icebergs looks like an...
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Marina Buffoli
- Apr 6
- 3 min
Behind the scenes: working in an ancient DNA lab - part 2
In a previous blog post, we explored the daily routine of an ancient DNA laboratory, and the challenges scientists encounter working...
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Xia Lin
- Mar 31
- 2 min
11th International Workshop on Sea Ice topics
The International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Assimilation, Observations, Predictions and Verification held since 2008, focuses on sea...
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Marina Buffoli
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Behind the scenes: working in an ancient DNA lab
The extraction of environmental DNA from a 2-million-year-old sample (read more about this in our previous blog here!) represents a...
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APECS Belgium
- Mar 19
- 1 min
APECS Belgium BRINGS POLAR SCIENCE to your school!
Today is the first day of Polar Week and when better to announce our exciting news… >>>> WE ARE OFFERING TO COME VISIT YOUR SCHOOL over...
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Eléonore Du Bois d'Aische
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Thermokarst processes increase carbon protection potential against mineralization in the Arctic
In Arctic regions, perennially frozen ground, i.e. permafrost, contains twice as much carbon as currently stored in the atmosphere. With...
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Matthias Troch
- Mar 9
- 2 min
WAIS-BELL PS134: The end of a successful expedition
375 versus 39, those are the number of days the RV Belgica and RV Polarstern respectively spent in the Bellingshausen Sea along...
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Lotte De Maeyer
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Go Future! Film festival 2023
Today we want to draw your attention to the interesting film festival of Go Future! Have you heard about the Go Future initiative? Read...
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Lotte De Maeyer
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Arctic Science Summit week: 2023 edition
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is an annual event organized by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) that brings...
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Xia Lin
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Titina: conquer the North pole with Roald Amundsen
Today we’d like to introduce a cute movie <Titina> at Anima festival in Brussels! From the eyes of Titina, we experience the historical...
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Xia Lin
- Feb 15
- 2 min
A SCIENTIFIC PAPER MADE EASY: SITool – a new evaluation tool for large-scale sea ice simulations
Are you interested in polar sea ice simulation and prediction? Would you like to evaluate your sea ice model simulations smoothly and...
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Lotte De Maeyer
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Repairing the ozone layer: a global effort
In the stratosphere, 15-30 km above the earth’s surface, a high concentration of ozone is found in what we call the ozone layer. Despite...
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Marie Cavitte
- Feb 2
- 4 min
A scientific paper made easy: understanding what Antarctic ice cores tell us about past (and future)
A recent study, undertaken at UCLouvain by Marie Cavitte and co-authors (including our very own Sarah Wauthy), was published in the...
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