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.
Featured news
Coastal Waters: an underestimated source of methane
Shallow coastal waters are hotspots for methane emissions, releasing significant amounts of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. This research highlights how natural factors drive methane emissions.
Nitrogen processes and the ‘breathless seas
As more and more nutrients from land and air enter the world’s oceans, the dead zones without oxygen in the water will increase in intensity. Zoë van Kemenade has focused her PhD research project on combining fossil molecules and chemical analyses.
When scientist meet chefs: talking about sustainable fish in restaurants
At the Dutch hospitality conference Horecava, NIOZ researchers and chefs discussed how to work towards more sustainable fish in the culinary world.
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.
