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Helge Niemann has been awarded a 3.5 million euro ERC Advanced Grant for his NanoMare project. The biogeochemist will use the grant to focus his research on nanoplastics and their fate in the ocean. Niemann is a senior research leader at NIOZ and…

PhD defence by Marte Stoorvogel on 13 June Tidal marshes – areas of land outside the dykes that are regularly flooded by seawater – can protect us against sea level rise and erosion. PhD candidate Marte Stoorvogel discovered that for example dense…

Willemstad, May 30, 2025 – It is time to start taking action against the problems with sargassum strandings in the Caribbean region. There is enough scientific knowledge to develop an effective approach. That was the conclusion of the International…

Cordgrass that establishes itself on virgin soil on the coast, tries to avoid the risks of being washed away by forming small clusters of plants. That is shown by the research of coastal ecologist Clea van de Ven, described in the dissertation she…

Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than 400 meters around the world. And the narrower a…

Imagine a natural fortress standing strong against raging storms. That’s what mangroves and other forested wetlands do for our coastlines. But how well do they protect us, and against which storms? Researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University, China and…

Many animal species become smaller or larger in recent decades, with climate change often mentioned as a cause. Red knots, shorebirds travelling 10 thousand kilometers every year between breeding grounds in Arctic Russia and wintering grounds in West…

A group of internationally renowned marine scientists, supported by the European Marine Board, has published a Future Science Brief on deep-sea research. The report summarizes the current state of knowledge and offers recommendations for how both the…

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of microplastics into the deep sea, according to new research.