What if we used nature rather than concrete to protect our coasts?
Rising sea levels are a global challenge for coastal areas. Traditionally, the solution has been concrete sea walls, but are there more natural solutions?
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The blue economy: a sea of possibilities
Seventy per cent of the earth is covered with water, and yet we know only a fraction of what all that water can actually do for us. The blue economy continues to discover amazing resources and solutions that lie hidden underneath the surface of the sea.
Sunken warship still leaves tracks in North Sea
During the Second World War, the patrol ship John Mahn sank off the Belgian coast. Bio-engineers at Ghent University, together with the Flanders Marine Institute, studied its impact on life in the North Sea.
A swim in the North Sea: is it safe (with all those jellyfish)?
Jellyfish are the last thing that many beach visitors want to see, let alone feel in the water. Even so, there is no need to be too concerned and the poison from our jelly fish is little to worry about. Been stung? Then there are some things you can do to relieve the pain. Pee for example, or is that a myth?
Why you should never underestimate the current in the North Sea
Every year you hear lifeguards at the Belgian coast appeal to people not to swim in unsupervised zones. And quite right too, say North-Sea specialists Jana Asselman, Sara Vandamme and Colin Janssen. After all, there is lots going on under the water’s surface.