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Friday 12 July 2024
High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes
Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by the pressure of high or low tide. Methane emissions from the seafloor can be just easily three times as much or as little, depending on the tide.…
Friday 12 July 2024
Genetic insights shed light on shiny bacteria
Some bacteria form colonies that display striking, reflective colours. An international, interdisciplinary team with NIOZ researchers Henk Bolhuis and Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt, gained new genetic insights into the formation of such colours which…
Friday 21 June 2024
CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thought
A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14 degrees. That is shown in the analysis of sediments from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, by…
Wednesday 05 June 2024
Deep sea microbes can adapt their basic building blocks
Every microbe uses the element phosphorus to build its outer protective layer. Just like all cells in our human body. But what if there is almost no phosphorus available, which is the case in some areas of the deep sea? An international team lead by…
Monday 03 June 2024
Fungus breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in the scientific journal Science of the Total…
Friday 24 May 2024
30 million for research into acceleration of climate change
Climate change can be accelerated by feedback mechanisms: complex phenomena caused by climate change that in turn can further drive climate change. One example is the additional CO2 emissions from thawing permafrost. Research into the influence of…
Thursday 23 May 2024
International evaluation finds NIOZ excellent
The NIOZ was evaluated by a committee of international experts and our scientific research was rated as excellent. This six-yearly evaluation is used to monitor and improve the quality, relevance and viability of research in public institutions in…
Friday 17 May 2024
NWO Open Competition Domain Science – M awards for 3 NIOZ scientists
The NWO Domain Board Science has approved the grant applications of NIOZ scientists Femke the Jong, Stefan Schouten and Peter Kraal in the Open Competition Domain Science-M program. M-grants are intended for innovative, high-quality, fundamental…
Thursday 16 May 2024
A perfect storm: how an almost disastrous research cruise yielded unexpected new insights
When a team of scientists on board the research vessel RV Pelagia on the North Sea ran into a violent storm, they feared that all their equipment was lost in the sea and a year of work had been in vain. But the opposite turned out to be true: after…
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Final dust settles slowly in the deep sea
Unidentified Living Organisms between manganese nodules
'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. That is shown by PhD research of NIOZ marine…
