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Tuesday 04 November 2025
NWO grant to measure neutrinos and whale sounds
Networks of underwater microphones and light sensors in the Mediterranean Sea, which particle researchers are using to detect mysterious neutrinos, also pick up whale sounds. And the bioluminescence of their prey: deep-sea fish and squid. NIOZ…
Monday 03 November 2025
IVN/NIOZ winterlezingen 2025/2026
Van november tot en met februari organiseert IVN Texel in samenwerking met NIOZ een nieuwe reeks winterlezingen met als thema “Kleijne diertgens”. Met “kleijne diertgens” doelen we op de microscopisch kleine organismen die Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in…
Friday 24 October 2025
Deep emission cuts before mid-century decisive to reduce long-term sea-level rise legacy
Rising seas are irreversible on human time scales and among the most severe consequences of climate change. Emissions released in the coming decades will determine how much coastlines are reshaped for centuries to come. New research, published in…
Wednesday 22 October 2025
NWO-Vidi grant on upwelling systems as hotspots of omega-3 in the ocean
Today NIOZ scientist Eleonora Puccinelli received a NWO-Vidi grant for her research on upwelling systems as hotspots of omega-3 in the ocean: production, transfer and food quality. The Dutch Research Council has awarded 149 experienced researchers a…
Thursday 16 October 2025
Farewell to RV Pelagia – a research vessel worth its weight in gold
It may sound a little exaggerated: a farewell party for a ship. But for RV Pelagia, it was entirely appropriate that around 200 people gathered on 16 October to say goodbye to the ship. Since 1991, she has provided a wealth of knowledge about the…
Thursday 09 October 2025
Jouw Stem voor de zee is van levensbelang
Nieuwe ZeeWijzer laat kiezers zien: politieke partijen zeggen te weinig over de bescherming van de Noordzee en de oceaan.
Friday 26 September 2025
NIOZ en het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat bekrachtigen samenwerking
Op vrijdag 26 september ondertekenden Han Dolman, directeur van het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) en de heer Jan Hendrik Dronkers, secretaris-generaal van het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat een…
Thursday 25 September 2025
How salt-tolerant floodplain forests can continue to protect us
Floodplain forests along rivers that protect us from flooding are threatened by salinisation. PhD candidate Eleonora Saccon shows that black alders are more resistant to salt stress than white willows. Creeks with special, natural shapes are also…
Monday 22 September 2025
Decades-old fish stomach contents reveal: who eats whom in the Wadden Sea?
Using a unique treasure of data, marine biologist Suzanne Poiesz investigated the fish food web in the Wadden Sea between 1946 and the present day for the first time. Dissected stomach contents revealed who eats whom. The position of species in that…
Monday 22 September 2025
Lutjewad is one of four crucial locations for spoonbills in the Eastern Wadden Sea region
Spoonbills spend a large part of the summer outside their protected breeding grounds.
After breeding, the migratory birds gather on the mudflats of Lutjewad, on the coast of Groningen. Research by BirdEyes shows the seasonal movements of spoonbills…
