NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, is the national oceanographic institute and the Netherlands’ centre of expertise for ocean, sea and coast. We advance fundamental understanding of marine systems, the way they change, the role they play in climate and biodiversity, and how they may provide sustainable solutions to society in the future.
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Foraminifers: the smallest organisms drive the biggest processes
The increasing amount of CO2 we are pumping into the atmosphere causes ocean acidification. That is a serious problem for calcifying organisms, such as shellfish and corals. Foraminifers appear to have their own solution.
Update construction RV Anna Weber-van Bosse
Work continues at the Armon Astilleros shipyard in Vigo also during the summer. The ship is scheduled for delivery at the end of this year, and it is great to see how all the plans and ideas are now becoming reality.
Veni grant for Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt to study ancient cellular membrane mystery
With the grant of 320,000 euros, he aims to enlighten the evolution and origin of two membrane types in all living cells that have distinct main lipid components.
Scientific Departments
Our science is conducted in four scientific departments;. Three of them are area oriented: estuaries and delta areas, coastal seas and open oceans. Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry conducts science in all three area types.
