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Along the northern coast of Java, Indonesia, relative sea level rises at an alarming rate due to land subsidence. This has tremendous effects on people and mangrove forests along the coast. Over the past four years Celine van Bijsterveldt, biologist…

In the past six summers, there were as many as five with high mortality among cockles in the Wadden Sea. That mortality always occurred several weeks after above-average water temperatures were recorded. "I therefore hold my breath for the shellfish,…

Global warming dominates global news. Here, rising atmospheric temperatures are usually the common thread. But of all the extra heat trapped by our greenhouse gas emissions, only 1 per cent remains in the air. The vast majority (89 per cent)…

[Dutch follows English] Two NIOZ researchers will receive Vidi grants of 800,000 euros. The laureates are Dr Aimée Slangen, for solving the regional sea-level puzzle and Dr Rick Hennekam, for investigating tipping points in climate and ocean…

Stakeholder event: Current developments on deep seabed mining and the use of area-based management tools to protect hydrothermal vents

Plants or animals brought into nature - accidentally or on purpose - from distant lands can cause major problems. Such exotic species, especially when they are also "invasive," pushing out native species, are therefore seen in a negative light. But…

A huge mass of seaweed filled with plastic and bacteria could have unhealthy effects on the coasts of Florida and the Caribbean. This is what research in Linda Amaral-Zettler's group recently published alongside colleagues in the United States. Some…

Sea levels are rising almost everywhere on Earth. Satellites measure this very precisely. Sea level rise along the world's coasts is caused by a combination of different factors. Some factors will play a stronger role than others in the coming…

De afgelopen jaren deed de visserijsector samen met wetenschappers onderzoek naar de duurzame vangst van een schelpdier uit de Noordzee. Ook vogelbeschermers participeerden, om samen meer kennis op te doen over een zee-eend die afhankelijk is van de…