News Archive
22/11/2012 17:11
Europe must not lose momentum in marine biodiversity research
Marine biodiversity research and its role in supporting maritime policies and management is the subject of new Future Science Brief from the Read more … Europe must not lose momentum in marine biodiversity research
“Organic matter will be consumed by the ocean floor organisms if the ‘quality’ is good enough”, stated Lara Pozzato in her PhD Thesis. The quality is more important than, for example, the amount of oxygen in the environment. Pozzato studied the interactions among organic matter and organisms at sea floors in different settings. She will defend her PhD thesis on November 16, at the Utrecht University.19/10/2012 09:13
Wide Range of Applications for Sea Bacteria
Scientists at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are going to try to find and win previously unknown micro-organisms from the sea. These micro-organisms may subsequently be used for the development of new medicine, biofuel or other applications.19/09/2012 09:18
Saharan dust influences global warming?
Could Saharan dust potentially compensate for the ongoing global warming by fertilising the oceans? A €2-million ERC starting investigator grant will allow Jan-Berend Stuut at NIOZ, Texel, the Netherlands, to test this hypothesis. This five-year research project shall start October 1st of this year.02/08/2012 10:18
About 50 million years ago, the Antarctic summer
was subtropical, winter temperatures were above freezing and there was a
tropical rainforest on the coast. These are the remarkable results of a
research cruise to eastern Antarctica aboard a drilling vessel, led by
expedition leader Henk Brinkhuis from Utrecht University and the Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. The international research team will
publish their results in the authoritative scientific journal Nature later this
week.