SIBES news archive

Powerline Wadden Sea through biodiversity hotspots

10 September 2021

The projected powerline ‘Eemshaven West’, connecting a new 700 MW wind park potentially crosses the Wadden Sea exactly in some of the most biodiverse hotspots.

The 13th season of SIBES sampling has started

18 June 2020

To guarantee a sufficient distance (because of COVID-19) an extra ship, the IDEAAL has been chartered for the transport and accommodation of the research team.

SIBES crew finds rare sun fish in the Wadden Sea

26 June 2019

Sunfish (Mola mola) are occasionally seen in the North Sea, but very rarely in the Wadden Sea. Because of the calm water researchers were able to follow the fish.

SIBES starts 12th season sampling job

25 June 2019

This summer, more than six thousand points of the Dutch Wadden Sea will be sampled, some of which are also on the German mudflats. A giant sampling job.

Algea fuel the Wadden Sea food web

18 July 2017

Scientists and volunteers sails with RV Navicula across the Dutch Wadden Sea to assess the state of the intertidal macrofauna.