Jim van Belzen
@jimvanbelzen.bsky.social
Estuarine Ecologist & Modeller, PhD || Coastal Resilience Lab @ Wageningen Marine Research & Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research || Researching how Emergent Engineering can shape Climate-Robust Nature-based Solutions
🎤 Me: 'The built world now weighs more than all the biomass on Earth. If we really want to reduce our footprint, we need to radically rethink the way we build.'
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Biobased concrete substitute can give coastal restoration a natural boost
An innovative alternative to concrete could enable important coastal restoration work to take place. The material Xiriton, made with local grass species an…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎤 Me: 'The built world now weighs more than all the biomass on Earth. If we really want to reduce our footprint, we need to radically rethink the way we build.'
www.nioz.nl/en/news/biob...
www.nioz.nl/en/news/biob...
🎤 First author Victoria Mason: 'We were able to explore concepts of ecosystem restoration with a view to offering a realistic, non-harmful and globally upscalable option to placing materials into ecosystems, where intervention is required.’
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎤 First author Victoria Mason: 'We were able to explore concepts of ecosystem restoration with a view to offering a realistic, non-harmful and globally upscalable option to placing materials into ecosystems, where intervention is required.’
🪸 We successfully tested the material for its suitability as a substrate for shell banks or salt marsh restoration, for example.
👏 We published our work in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
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👏 We published our work in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🪸 We successfully tested the material for its suitability as a substrate for shell banks or salt marsh restoration, for example.
👏 We published our work in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
👏 We published our work in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Vaak gehoorde reactie is dat meer natuur duur is en/of niet afdoende. Maar dat is dus niet zo laten we in onze verkenning zien
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Vaak gehoorde reactie is dat meer natuur duur is en/of niet afdoende. Maar dat is dus niet zo laten we in onze verkenning zien
Kleine correctie: Door de normen die we hanteren in NL zal de dijk niet veiliger of minder veilig worden. Immers als de norm niet gehaald wordt dan maak je de dijk wat hoger/steviger.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kleine correctie: Door de normen die we hanteren in NL zal de dijk niet veiliger of minder veilig worden. Immers als de norm niet gehaald wordt dan maak je de dijk wat hoger/steviger.