NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, is the national oceanographic institute and the Netherlands’ centre of expertise for ocean, sea and coast. We advance fundamental understanding of marine systems, the way they change, the role they play in climate and biodiversity, and how they may provide sustainable solutions to society in the future.
NIOZ, as part of the sustainable ocean community, Naturalis and Ministry of I&W are organizing the World Ocean Days 2024. On 5, 6 and 8 June activities will be held to give a spotlight to Dutch ocean research.
When scientists on the RV Pelagia on the North Sea ran into a violent storm, they feared that all their equipment was lost in the sea. But what seemed like a disaster, turned out to be a unique research opportunity, resulting in a Nature publication
"The fact that we were able to demonstrate this, was only due to very consistently, for more than 60 years, and continuously sampling the fish every spring and every fall with exactly the same fyke every time."
Our science is conducted in four scientific departments;. Three of them are area oriented: estuaries and delta areas, coastal seas and open oceans. Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry conducts science in all three area types.