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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

This week, our colleague Sabiha Akter successfully defended her PhD entitled "Getting A Burn-Out: How Heatwave Impact Eutrophic Freshwater ecosystem". Congratulations, Dr. Sabiha Akter 🎉

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🌱 How can we boost mangrove restoration success? 🌱 In the MESODROME tidal flume, our researchers Dr. Ken Schoutens and Dr. Ignace Pelckmans are exploring how planting density affects seedling stability under hydrodynamic stress... all while the recent warm weather set the perfect tropical mood ☀️

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🌍ECOSPHERE was proudly present at Society for Experimental Biology in Antwerp! 🔬Our #PhDs presented their innovative #research with poster and platform presentations. 🎉Special congratulations to Gudrun De Boeck for stepping in as the new President of the SEB! @sebiology.bsky.social #UAntwerp

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Last week, our colleague Dorian Bas successfully defended her PhD entitled "Multiscale assessment of microphytobenthic biomass and functioning along an estuarine gradient using remote sensing". Congratulations, Dr. Dorian Bas 🎉

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This week, our colleague Maede Gazor successfully defended her PhD entitled "Intertidal Areas as Accommodation Space for Suspended Sediments Case Study: Scheldt Estuary". Congratulations, Dr. Maede Gazor 🎉

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This week, our colleague @aprilopinion.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD entitled "Chronic stress-induced cardiac remodelling in salmonids and its influence on organismal performance". Congratulations, Dr. April Grace Opinion 🎉

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🌊 Prof. Gudrun De Boeck spoke to VTM News about the urgent need for global action to protect our ocean. With the UN Oceans Conference in Nice nearing, she called for more countries to commit to marine protected areas. 💙 Let’s turn words into action, the ocean can’t wait. 📺 Interview (in Dutch) 👇

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🌎 Prof. Jan Staes warns of rising water insecurity as extreme droughts and downpours alternate unpredictably. Nature-based solutions are key, but budget cuts threaten progress. Read the full article here: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1593...

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Belgium's water 'roulette': Extreme weather complicates water resilience

"Water has been taken for granted for very long in Europe."

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🐟 In an interview on VRT's Nieuwe Feiten, Prof. Dr. Gudrun De Boeck discussed how overfishing is affecting herring populations, not only in terms of numbers but also their ability to remember. 🔊Listen to the interview here: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist... #MarineScience #Overfishing #MarineEcosystems

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🌎 ECOSPHERE was at SETAC in Vienna, Austria! 🔬#PhD and #postdoctoral fellows presented their #research with platform and poster presentations!

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📢 PhD opportunity to study carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas balance across different types of tidal and non-tidal wetland restoration projects located in the Scheldt river basin.

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🦀 De Chinese wolhandkrab veroorzaakt nog steeds overlast in Vlaanderen. Om de impact op hobbyvissers beter te begrijpen, loopt er nu een enquête vanuit Universiteit Antwerpen. Ben jij hengelaar of ken je hangelaars? Help mee door de enquête in te vullen of te delen! 1/2

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ECOSPHERE @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🌊 84% of the world's reefs are experiencing coral bleaching. Prof. Dr. Gudrun De Boeck explains the impact on ecosystems on VRT (Dutch) 🎥 More details in The Daily Guardian (English) 📰 dailyguardian.com.ph/global-coral... #ClimateCrisis #CoralBleaching #MarineScience #VRT #Research

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