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Wednesday 12 October 2022
Inaugural lecture Rob Middag 28 October 2022 | 'We need to gain ocean literacy'
Not only do the oceans cover 70% of the earth’s surface, they also hold nearly 95% of all actively circulating carbon. Despite that huge importance, we still know very little about the oceans, "let alone about the place of metals like iron or…
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Delivery of first undersea robots
To facilitate highly detailed research in ocean waters over longer periods, NIOZ is acquiring autonomous and remote-controlled equipment for the Dutch marine research community. This advanced research equipment is funded via NWO-GWI funding for…
Tuesday 11 October 2022
RV Adriaen Coenen in operation
The new support vessel RV Adriaen Coenen has been in operation for a few months now, and Skipper Wim Jan Boon is ready to share some of his initial experiences. “It took some getting used to at first, of course. You have to become familiar with the…
Tuesday 11 October 2022
RV Wim Wolff nears launch date
Since the summer holidays, Dijkstra Metaalbewerking in Harlingen has been working hard to complete and join the last aluminium sections to the hull of the RV Wim Wolff. The vessel is now almost too large for the production hall. Section 220 is…
Monday 03 October 2022
Impressie NIOZ Open Dag Yerseke 1 oktober 2022
Het NIOZ in Yerseke opende op zaterdag 1 oktober, tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap, haar deuren en mocht 1200 enthousiaste bezoekers ontvangen. We zagen heel veel gezinnen met kinderen, senioren, aankomende marien biologen, oud-medewerkers,…
Monday 03 October 2022
Bird flu goes offshore | Sudden spread of 'highly pathogenic' virus among seabirds and even marine mammals
After years of outbreaks among both domesticated and wild birds on land, the bird flu virus H5N1 has moved to sea. In addition to the massive outbreak among sandwich terns, from Texel to northern France, thousands of seabirds have perished in the…
Monday 26 September 2022
NWO grant for research on the corals across the Caribbean Islands
NIOZ scientist Andi Haas received a NWO-Open Competition Domain Science-M grant for his research on the corals across the Caribbean Islands. In an unprecedented effort over almost half a century Dutch researchers documented the dramatic decline of…
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Using eyes in the sky to locate seals in a rapidly changing Arctic
The polar regions are some of the most inaccessible places of our planet. Figuring out where different seal species reside in this fast-changing environment is challenging. Researchers from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea research (NIOZ),…
Tuesday 06 September 2022
NIOZ opent haar deuren in Yerseke tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap
Wil jij ontdekken hoe de natuur ons helpt tegen overstromingen? Waarvoor je zeewier allemaal kunt gebruiken? Wil je zelf een zeebodemmonster nemen? Met Virtual Reality verleden en toekomst van Zeeland ervaren? Een echt onderzoekschip bezoeken? Kom…
Monday 22 August 2022
Nature compensation for Maasvlakte 2 still not realized
The nature compensation for the construction of Maasvlakte 2, as agreed with the government in 2008, has not actually been realized. That is the conclusion that coastal ecologist Professor Tjisse van der Heide draws in a memorandum he wrote after…
