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.
Featured news
Chinese intertidal shellfish farming: an unexpected fuel station for millions of migrating shorebirds
China’s intertidal shellfish mariculture provides critical food for the world’s most threatened shorebird flyway. A continental-scale, decade-long study found that intertidal shellfish farms are shaping when and where millions of shorebirds congregate.
Small creatures, big impact: NIOZ and Radboudumc explore the interaction between foraminifera and climate
A geoscientist and an electron microscopist are joining forces to study the smallest marine animals that play a major role in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Science funding organisation NWO is awarding an M2 grant worth € 800,000.
Almost finished: the new treasure trove of NIOZ science
Soon, soil and water samples, deep-frozen marine organisms and crates full of instruments needed for voyages will no longer be scattered all over the NIOZ on Texel. From February, a new hall will offer 680 square metres of well-organised storage space.
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.
