Using and protecting our blue planet starts with understanding our changing seas.
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Groot experiment op de Waddenzee bij Griend: Wat beweegt trekvogels?
EXPERIMENT | Bij Griend start het NIOZ deze zomer een groot monitoringsexperiment. Met de nieuwste technieken worden trekvogels gevolgd in hun zoektocht naar voedsel. "Zo kunnen we achterhalen wát een vogel beweegt", aldus gedragsecoloog Allert Bijleveld.
Nieuw inzicht in de dominante rol van planten bij landschapsvorming in kustgebieden
NIEUWS | Kolonisatiegedrag van planten, de manier waarop ze zich vestigen, heeft invloed op de manier waarop kustgebieden zich aanpassen aan zeespiegelstijging...
Education@NIOZ: Marine Masters Summer Course 2018
This July, the NIOZ Marine Masters Summer Course already takes place for the 10th time. Thirty-one master & advanced bachelor students from Dutch, German, Belgian, Swedish and Austrian universities dive into the world of multidisciplinary marine research
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.
Key Areas
NIOZ performs maritime research in seas and oceans around the world. Our focus is on six key areas, including the home bases of our institute, the Wadden Sea and the Dutch Delta.
Wadden Sea
A unique coastal tidal environment and one of the main research areas
Dutch Delta
A protective boundary between land and sea, and a principal research area
Caribbean
Studying the rich biodiversity and functioning of the tropical region
North Sea
Balancing human use and healthy ecosystems in one of the busiest seas
North Atlantic Ocean
Crucial to our climate and harbouring unique ecosystems in its dark depths
Polar
Assessing the rapid change of the polar regions, which impacts our planet
Asian estuaries and coasts
The value and problems of Asian estuaries and coasts
Valorisation
An important part of the NIOZ mission is valorisation of our research efforts – what we like to call frontier-applied research. Successful examples include projects around ballast water, seaweed, tidal energy and deep-sea mining.
