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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Investigating paleotemperature proxies based on archaeal hydroxylated tetraether lipids
Understanding past sea surface temperatures (SSTs) is crucial for reconstructing Earth's climate history. Devika Varma has focused her PhD research project on specific biomolecules produced by archaea, called OH-isoGDGTs,as SST proxies.
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.
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.
