Merge pull request #54 from Parcels-code/add_blog_posts

Add blog posts

Author: ammedd

src/posts/conferences/index.md

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+title: 'International visability'
+date: '2025-09-19'
+authors:
+  - name: Emma Daniels
+    github: ammedd
+summary: 'VirtualShip has been showcased at several (inter)national conferences:'
+---
+
+Just this year, you could have seen us at:
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+[European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) Annual conference](https://www.emseanet.eu/conferences/2025-ostend-belgium) September 17-19
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+[National Climate Impacts & Risks Meeting (NCI-RM)](https://www.climatebristol.org/projects/nci-rm/) September 18-19
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+[National Ocean Science Conference 2025](https://wereldoceaandagen.nl/editie/editie-2025/national-ocean-science-conference/) June 3
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+[European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly](https://www.egu25.eu) April 27 - May 2
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+[NWO Nationaal Aardwetenschappelijk Congres (NAC)](https://nwonac.nl/recap-2025) March 20-21

src/posts/first-article/index.md

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+title: 'First VirtualShip paper published'
+date: '2025-09-23'
+authors:
+  - name: Emma Daniels
+    github: ammedd
+summary: 'Read about our first -very succesful- year of education with VirtualShip!'
+---
+
+We’ve just published **"The Virtual Ship Classroom: Developing Virtual Fieldwork as an Authentic Learning Environment for Physical Oceanography"** in Current: the journal of marine education.
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+Our study explores how virtual fieldwork —using VirtualShip— can serve as an accessible, engaging alternative to traditional oceanography expeditions. The results? Higher student engagement, improved learning outcomes, and increased self-efficacy.
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+Read more here: [Link to article](https://current-journal.com/articles/121/files/68d2832577eb2.pdf)
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+Authors: Emma Daniels | Christos Chytas | Erik van Sebille