Jan Dirk de Visser
Linked news
Saturday 04 June 2022
Measurement project for methane from the North Sea seabed started
In several places, methane escapes from the seabed of the North Sea. Methane is a strong greenhouse gas and its emission into the sea and subsequent release into the atmosphere can contribute to global warming. Recent German research suggests that…
Linked blogs
Wednesday 01 May 2024
NIOZ@Sea | 2nd North-Sea Atlantic Exchange (NoSe) expedition
The biologically productive North Sea impacts the global climate through exchange of carbon and nutrients with the Atlantic Ocean. The North Sea is a very productive coastal sea. A lot of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be taken up through physical,…
Tuesday 07 March 2023
RV Pelagia expedition 64PE514 - DUST2023
In March 2023, an international group of dusty scientists will board RV Pelagia for an expedition around the Cape Verde Islands to study Saharan-dust deposition and its effects on the marine environment. Colleagues from NIOZ, MARE - Lisbon, MARUM -…
Thursday 04 November 2021
MSM104 SIPA
From 18 November until 15 December four NIOZ colleagues are joining research expedition MSM104 "SIPA - Sinking Particles, their production, transfer and transformation" onboard Research Vessel Maria S. Merian, sailing from Emden (northern…
Monday 26 October 2020
NIOZ@SEA | Testing Ultra Clean Near Bottom Sampler for Metalgate
Metals are often regarded as toxic contaminants, but they also are essential nutrients. Trace metals such as iron or zinc are required for the growth of all organisms, including phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web. Given that…
Tuesday 05 November 2019
Expedition 64PE464: DUST2019
From 11 to 23 November 2019 we have been chasing Saharan dust once more.
On 11 November RV Pelagia has left the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) to sail south for a two-week expedition to service both the dust-collecting buoys "Carmen" and…
Tuesday 26 February 2019
NIOZ@SEA | 64PE450
Along the southwestern African continental margin off Namibia and Angola coral mound provinces were found during the Meteor (ANNA) cruise in 2016. While the corals in the south along the Namibian margin were mostly fossil frame structures, the corals…
Sunday 04 November 2018
Expedition MSM79: chasing Saharan dust
From 9 November until 3 December this year, four NIOZ colleagues have joined expedition MSM79 on board the German research vessel Maria S. Merian, sailing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) to Mindelo on Sao Vicente (Cape Verde).
Through this…
Saturday 09 September 2017
Expedition M140
Research Expedition M140 onboard FS Meteor took place from 10 August until 5 September 2017 and was dedicated to servicing three sediment-trap mooring stations and surface buoys that have been collecting Saharan dust since we deployed them last year…
Sunday 28 May 2017
NIOZ@Sea: Whittard Canyon Expedition
The unknown role of Submarine canyons – Pathways or sinks for Organic Carbon?
Follow the blogs of NIOZ researchers aboard R.V. Pelagia as they cruise the Whittard Canyon complex situated in the Bay of Biscay.
Linked projects
IN PLACE
Supervisor
Eric Wagemaakers
Funder
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - Ocean and Coastal Research
Project duration
1 Oct 2008 - 1 Dec 2015
