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.
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Data on entire intertidal Wadden Sea available for research and management
NIOZ researchers have made the data from the SIBES research programme from 2008 to 2021 available to the community. In SIBES, all tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea are sampled annually for biomass and sediment characteristics.
Deep-sea telescope KM3NeT detects highest energy neutrino ever
The KM3NeT neutrino telescope has detected a cosmic neutrino with a record energy of approximately 220 PeV. NIOZ is involved in the development and construction of this deep-sea telescope.
1.4 million for Dutch research into impact of deep-sea mining
NIOZ' marine biologist Sabine Gollner will coordinate the Dutch team within the MiningImpact3 consortium. They will study the long-term ecological impacts of deep-sea mining, as well as the legal and technological aspects of it.
Scientific Departments
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.
