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Wednesday 18 October 2017
Britse ornithologieprijs voor Theunis Piersma en zijn trekvogelonderzoek | British Marsh Award for International Ornithology won by Theunis Piersma
[English version below] Prof. dr. Theunis Piersma, hoogleraar Trekvogelecologie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en waddenbioloog bij NIOZ, heeft de prestigieuze ‘Marsh Award for International Ornithology’ gewonnen. Piersma ontving de prijs op 18…
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Burgerwetenschap heeft belangrijke rol bij zeeonderzoek | Marine Citizen Science: Towards an engaged and ocean literate society
Welke dieren leven er aan de kust? Waar gaan dolfijnen heen? Hoe kunnen riffen en kwelders beschermd worden? Waarom zouden burgers niet zelf een kijkje nemen om te zien hoe het werkt? Sterker nog, in en buiten Europa zijn burgers al bezig met het…
Thursday 05 October 2017
Boekpresentatie: North Sea fish and their remains - Kees (C.J) Camphuysen & Peter A. Henderson
Thursday 31 August 2017
Nederlandse klimaatexperts slaan handen ineen
~ English translation below ~ Veertien Nederlandse kennisorganisaties hebben hun krachten gebundeld om overheden en bedrijven in binnen- en buitenland beter te kunnen adviseren over het opvangen van de enorme gevolgen van een warmer klimaat. Vandaag…
Monday 28 August 2017
De Antarctische ijskap verloor 1,2 miljoen jaar geleden een derde van zijn massa
~ English version below ~ De Antarctische ijskap kan een derde van zijn massa verliezen tijdens warme interglaciale perioden. Een internationaal team van wetenschappers, geleid door het NIOZ Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee,…
Thursday 27 July 2017
“De oceaanbodem is een stuk variabeler dan we tot nu toe dachten”
“De oceaanbodem is een stuk variabeler dan we tot nu toe dachten”
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Algae living on mudflats are the solar panels that fuel the Wadden Sea food web
What fuels the Wadden Sea food web? One of the largest ecological research projects in the Netherlands, the recently finalized ‘Waddensleutels’ program, revealed that the most important energy source for the majority of animals higher up the food…
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Mosselpatronen blijken blauwdruk voor landschapsherstel wadplaten
Mosselbanken zijn de koraalriffen van de Waddenzee. Deze krachtige biobouwers trekken vissen, vogels en kleine organismen aan en houden het getijde-ecosysteem veerkrachtig. Op welke manier mosselen deze veerkracht bewerkstelligen, wisten onderzoekers…
Monday 10 July 2017
Zeespiegelstijging stelt Nederlandse kust vaker op de proef bij storm
De Nederlandse kust zal op jaarbasis steeds vaker te maken krijgen met extreem hoog water vanwege klimaatverandering. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe risicoanalyse waaraan het Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) heeft bijgedragen.…
Friday 09 June 2017
Langzamer herstel kondigt kantelpunten aan in kustecosystemen
~ ENGLISH version below Dutch version ~
Ecosystemen kunnen plotseling verloren gaan wanneer de druk te groot wordt. Het voorspellen van het kantelpunt is dan ook van groot belang. Wiskundige modellen lieten al mogelijke waarschuwingssignalen zien.…
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Monday 21 August 2017
Waddentrekkers | Wadden Flyways 8 | Paula is weer thuis
Er gaat niets boven een visuele waarneming. De afgelopen weken heeft de zender van kanoet Paula signalen verstuurd vanuit Canada, Groenland, het noorden van Schotland en de Duitse Waddeneilanden Sylt en Borkum. Uiteindelijk kwamen de signalen deze…
Friday 18 August 2017
Expedition STRATIPHYT-17
An ad-hoc cruise where an interdisciplinary team will build on earlier obtained knowledge during the STRATIPHYT project, but where we will also investigate new ideas, and collect samples for others that cannot join the cruise. The team consists of 3…
Thursday 03 August 2017
Waddentrekkers | Wadden Flyways 7
De gezenderde kanoet 'Paula' is weer 'gezien', dat wil zeggen de zender heeft weer signalen uitgezonden. Wat is er allemaal gebeurd sinds het laatste contact?
| Knot 'Paula' has been 'seen' again, that is her transmitter has transmitted signals .…
Friday 14 July 2017
Education@NIOZ: Marine Masters Summer Course 2017
During the NIOZ Marine Masters Summer Course, 35 master & advanced bachelor students from Dutch, German, Spanish and French universities explore what marine research at NIOZ is about. With the western Wadden Sea as hands-on research area, the…
Thursday 29 June 2017
Expedition Hotchpotch
During the last week the central theme in our work was sea level change, but this week has come to an end and it is time for a change of subject. And a change of people too. At 7 o’clock this morning Pelagia arrived at Texel. All the non-Pelagia crew…
Monday 26 June 2017
Waddentrekkers | Waddenflyways 6
Touch-down for bar-tailed godwit '54' - Back to what we know from previous fieldwork
Friday 23 June 2017
North Sea Expedition 'Sea level rise'
About 12.000 years ago sea level was more 60m lower than today and large parts of the North Sea were dry land. In the following 4.000 years sea level rose more than 40m and the North Sea was formed. This story currently lies buried below the present…
Thursday 22 June 2017
Australian dust cycle
The Australian dust cycle is a "natural laboratory" for the production of mineral dust. Nowhere else on the planet is the process so clearly visible and chances are that in a few months, huge dust outbreaks will happen again!
Wednesday 14 June 2017
New dust paper by Catarina Guerreiro accepted in Biogeosciences
New dust paper by Catarina Guerreiro accepted for Biogeosciences Discussions
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Transforming harbour sediments from waste product into resource
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Klaas Timmermans
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1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2026
NoSE_North Sea Atlantic Exchange
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1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
PROTECT; WP7 Regional sea-level change & implications
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1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
Small steps, giant leaps
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Tjisse van der Heide
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1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2023
FutureMARES
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Myron Peck
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WATLAS - advanced tracking and localisation of shorebirds
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Arctic warming and migrant shorebirds
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Trace metals & the Artic-Atlantic gateway in a changing world
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Rob Middag
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Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - Veni/Vidi/Vici
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15 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2023
Spisula subtruncata in NL kustwateren
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
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1 May 2018 - 30 Apr 2021
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Henk van der Veer
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Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
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1 Dec 2018 - 30 Nov 2023
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Daphne van der Wal
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1 Jan 2012 - 30 Aug 2016
MARSH_Saltmarshes under stress
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Daphne van der Wal
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Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
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BodyShrinkage
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Data Management Nieuw Nederlands Polair Programma
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NWO BwN BE-SAFE
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The New Delta - iSee
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ARAMACC algemeen
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Biological sources and genetic controls of the paleotemperature proxy TEX86
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NWO BwN Emergo Ysebaert
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PACEMAKER
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European Community || European Research Council
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Rates and mechanisms of coral dissolution by bioeroding sponges
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Long term coral reef community monitoring
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RECON-INSITE
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SCENES_Stability of Caribbean coastal Ecosystems uNder future Extreme Sea leve changes
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SCANALOGUE_Geochemical scanning of climate change analogues to assess future hypoxia in restricted basins
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Funder
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PULS_Impact Assessment of Pulstrawl Fishery (IAPF)
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Effects of Tidal-Induced Fluid Dynamics for the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn
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BYPASS_The unknown role of Submarine canyons? Pathways or sinks for Organic Carbon?
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Funder
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Funder
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IN PLACE
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Funder
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Funder
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
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Funder
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Supervisor
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Funder
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Supervisor
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Funder
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TRAFFIC_Transatlantic fluxes of Saharan dust
Supervisor
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Funder
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Funder
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Funder
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Funder
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ERC Long chain diols as novel organic proxies for paleoclimate reconstructions
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Funder
European Community || European Research Council
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Supervisor
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Funder
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Funder
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Funder
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Funder
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