MUMM News and announcements

Norther offshore wind farm receives environmental permit

Date: 2012-02-03
Norther received the environmental permit for the offshore wind farm south east of the Thorntonbank. The decision has been signed by secretary of Stat ... (continued)

New results from the world�s first geostationary ocean colour satellite sensor

Date: 2012-01-20
MUMM has being using satellite “ocean colour” imagery for a number of years now to monitor aspects of coastal water quality such as chloro ... (continued)

Stranding of a dead Kemp�s ridley sea turtle

Date: 2012-01-06
The storms of the past few days resulted in some special strandings including a dead small turtle. The animal, a very fresh Kemp's ridley sea tu ... (continued)

Mass-specific beam attenuation and backscattering

Date: 2011-12-20
The work of Griet Neukermans in collaboration with the Laboratoire d'Oc�anologie et de G�osciences (Wimereux) on in situ variability of mass-spe ... (continued)

Satellite mapping in the North Sea and in other parts of the world?

Date: 2011-12-09
MUMM's Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modelling (REMSEM) team has developed methods for satellite mapping of phytoplankton and turbidity (the &ldq ... (continued)

Environmental assessement for the wind farm NORTHER

Date: 2011-11-25
NORTHER requested on 11 may 2011 an authorisation and an environmental permit for the construction and exploitation of a wind farm of 320 to 470 MW. T ... (continued)

A mobile web site for our coastal forecasts

Date: 2011-11-10
Today we are releasing a mobile web site aimed at giving easy access to some of our marine forecasts through connected mobile devices. The web site is ... (continued)

OSERIT: a new tool to combat oil pollution

Date: 2011-10-25
In case of oil pollution in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, the national experts need scientific-based information to decide and organise the best ... (continued)