Using and protecting our blue planet starts with understanding our changing seas.
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Opwarming Russische toendra treft kanoetenkuiken
NIEUWS | Onderzoek van het NIOZ laat zien dat de gevolgen van een opwarmende toendra in het Noordpoolgebied een flinke aanslag pleegt op de kuikens van de kanoet. De insectenpiek veel vroeger in het seizoen, zo vroeg dat de kanoeten hem mislopen.
Mosseldag Yerseke 2018
EVENT 18 AUG | Wist je dat mosselen onze kustverdediging sterker maakt? Wil je ervaren wat vissen voelen in de pulsvisserij? Kom langs op de gezamenlijke stand van Wageningen Marine Research en het NIOZ, de kennisinstellingen over zee en delta in Yerseke.
Blog NIOZ@Sea | Microplastics Transit Cruise
BLOG | RV Pelagia cruise 64PE442 takes advantage of a transit leg from Praia de Vitória, Terceira Island in the Azores to Catania on the Island of Sicily to collect samples of plastic marine debris, phytoplankton, and other particles and to compare net-c.
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.
