First online NIOZ Annual Report
Publication date: Wednesday 03 June 2020
'"By the time this digital NIOZ Annual Report 2019 reaches you, in Spring 2020, our world has changed. COVID-19 rules the waves. Yet, a new dawn is becoming apparent, and while we are getting back on our feet, we are more aware of the power of natural forces than ever before. Understanding nature, and related research, education and outreach, are now even higher national and international priorities. For the marine sciences, and for NIOZ, the announced IOC-UNESCO Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 sets the scene indeed, more, and in more ways, than we realized...".
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Find out more about the NIOZ highlights of 2019 by interviews, videos, facts &figures and a picturegallery. Read how the Dutch marine and maritime communities are getting ready for new ships. Get a glimpse of the first designs, explore the three vessels, and find out what’s next. COS scientists Tjisse van der Heide and Jan van Gils talk about the progress they made in 2019. EDS scientists Aimee Slangen and Tjeerd Bouma tell us about their projects in NIOZ Yerseke. Read more about our ocean research by interviews with OCS scientists Rob Middag and Femke de Jong. And finally MMB scientists Julia Engelmann and Linda Amaral-Zettler who not only had an exciting year of research, but also acted as female role models,