⛴️The ACTNOW expedition started last Friday aboard the RV Pelagia. The crew has set sail to the Doggers bank to collect data on different elements of the food web. Stay posted about the research and experiences of the crew via the blog👇#NorthSea #SeaResearch
https://www.nioz.nl/en/blog/actnow-expedition-june-2023

The RV Pelagia has left this morning for the NoSE-expedition.
The biologically productive North Sea impacts the global climate through exchange of carbon and nutrients with the #Atlantic #Ocean. A lot of carbon dioxide (CO2) could be taken up through physical, biological and sedimentological processes. But much is still unknown. Dutch scientists investigate how big the role of the #NorthSea really is in the uptake of carbon.
#Searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

Melting of Greenland glaciers changes coastal ecosystem. This is a main research conclusion of NIOZ PhD candidate Alice Stuart-Lee, who defended her dissertation at @utrechtuniversity this week.
👉https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/melting-of-greenland-glaciers-changes-coastal-ecosystem
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity
#ocean #greenland #plankton #zooplankton #arctic

Nearly 2.5 billion years ago, seas on our planet alternately contained more or less oxygen, due to the slow "wobble" of the rotating Earth🌍 says an international team with Margriet Lantink, Gert Jan Reichart and Frits Hilgen, among others.
👉https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/rise-of-oxygen-in-early-ocean-due-to-wobbling-earths-axis
@utrechtuniversity
#searesearch for #biodiversity and #climate

A new calculation method shows that in 30 years, the estimated probability of #flooding will be 10 times higher in more than a quarter of the places studied. Just published in @Nature Climate.
Read the press release via https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/flood-risk-ten-times-higher-in-many-places-within-30-years?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=article_aimee_slangen_tim_hermans
@uniutrecht
@tudelft
#Deltares
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

⚠️Latest and possibly final IPCC warning: Effective climate policy is more urgent than ever.
To be on course for the 1.5-degree Paris target, global greenhouse gas emissions must be more than 40% lower in 2030 and zero by 2050.
Dutch researchers Aimée Slangen (@NIOZnieuws) and Detlef van Vuuren (PBL) contributed intensively on the new IPCC report.
More information via https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/latest-and-possibly-final-ipcc-warning-effective-climate-policy-is-more-urgent-than-ever
#searesearch on #biodiversity and #climate.

"It is too early for commercial #DeepSeaMining"
🗺️ International Seabed Authority meets March 16-31 on exploration and exploitation.
"New life forms are being discovered almost on a daily basis in the #deepsea.🐟 We still hardly know what the impact of mining would be for these #lifeforms," says marine biologist Sabine Gollner of NIOZ.
https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/it-is-too-early-for-commercial-deep-sea-mining
#searesearch on #climate and #biodiversity

#ocean
#oceanography
#diepzeemijnbouw
#diepzee
#zeeonderzoek

Seagrass and soil animals determine the quality of natural #coastalprotection.
Jaco de Smit improved a research method to conduct realistic experiments in the sea. In doing so, he discovered that offshore seagrass is surprisingly resilient to storms and that soil-dwelling crustaceans make the soil less stable.
On Friday 17 March, De Smit will defend his thesis at Utrecht University.
More info via: https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/natural-coastal-protection-influenced-by-seagrass-and-soil-animals
(photo: Eduardo Infantes Oanes)
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

🪸Marine biologist Evert de Froe discovered how cold-water corals and sponges can make thriving reefs in the deep, dark, cold sea. He defends his thesis in Utrecht, 13 March.
https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/strong-currents-supply-food-towards-deep-sea-reefs
@utrechtuniversity @EvertFroe #searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

Mussels act as ecosystem engineers to keep shorelines healthy.
"With this study we better understand how coastal ecosystems, highly valuable for flood protection, such as salt marshes, can cope with #sealevel rise," says professor Tjeerd Bouma @TjeerdBouma@twitter.com
https://scienmag.com/aquatic-animals-provide-critical-coastal-ecosystem-protections/
#searesearch for #biodiversity and #climate

20 Million for developing digital twins to help understand #WaddenSea
LTER-LIFE aims to study and predict how global change affects ecosystems. It is one of nine projects that have won Dutch funding earmarked for setting up and improving large-scale research infrastructure (NWO-LSRI).
https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/developing-digital-twins-to-help-understand-ecosystems
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity
@uva_amsterdam
#waddenzee
#digitaltwins

📢The dept. of Coastal Systems on #Texel is #hiring a postdoc with a background in #oceanography, #biogeochemistry and/or #hydrodynamics and modelling for research on offshore solar farms.
👉More info and apply via: https://workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-modelling-the-ecosystem-effects-of-floating-offshore-solar-farms
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

🌊The BEYΩND expedition has started!
The team aims to understand what drives carbon minerals to dissolve in the #ocean, a key part of the global carbon cycle with an important influence on Earth’s climate.
First blog 👇https://nioz.nl/en/blog/64pe513-blog-introduction-to-the-beynd-expedition
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity
@UtrechtUniversiteit @Naturalis @mvdh @VLIZnews@twitter.com

What makes ecosystems resilient to climate change?
A solid spatial structure. Researchers discovered a type of pattern forming in #ecosystems that closely resembles the patchwork pattern that forms at very small scales in alloys such as #steel. Such patterns make not only steel sturdy, it makes ecosystems resilient. This insight can help in the management of natural areas.
👉 https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/patchwork-pattern-makes-ecosystems-as-strong-as-steel
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

🦠Bacteria eat and actually digests #plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by PhD student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).

Read about her findings via https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/bacteria-really-eat-plastic

#Searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity
#plasticsoup #microplastic #plastisphere
@maaikegoudriaan@twitter.com

PhD position👉 Trace element cycling across Southern Ocean fronts and in coastal Antarctica
The Department of Ocean Systems (OCS) searches a PhD candidate with a background in marine (biogeo)chemistry or related. In this 4-yr position, you will investigate bio-essential trace elements in the Southern #Ocean, in order to constrain the role of Antarctic shelf sediments and glacial melt as a source to offshore waters.
https://workingat.nioz.nl/o/phd-position-trace-element-cycling-across-southern-ocean-fronts-and-in-coastal-east-antarctica
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity 📢 #werehiring

Postdocs👉 North Sea-Atlantic Exchange (NoSE project)
The department of Coastal Systems (COS - location Texel), and the department of Estuarine and Delta Systems (EDS – location Yerseke) are looking for 2️⃣ postdoctoral researchers with a background in marine ecology, biogeochemistry and/or hydrodynamics and numerical modelling.
Read more or apply via: https://workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdocs-north-seaatlantic-exchange-nose-project #searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity 📢 #werehiring

PhD position 👉 Laboratory Assistant
Are you a laboratory assistant with interest in Ocean Research? Then the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) might offer you an interesting job on Texel. We offer a full time position with possibility for a permanent appointment.
Read more or apply via: https://workingat.nioz.nl/o/laboratory-assistant-texel
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity 📢 #werehiring

#alledaagsevragen Waarom is het water in Nederland minder blauw dan op vakantie?
Wanneer je naar de Middellandse zee op vakantie gaat, is het water helderblauw. Wij moeten het in Nederland doen met een bruine #Noordzee. Hoe kan dit? Marien geoloog Henko de Stigter legt uit hoe dit komt.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MVj4XI85zGm246FtAPhHC?si=d811c2033f1c4ff1
@nporadio1
#searesearch for #climate and #biodiversity

RT @MrBeanTX@twitter.com
Mooring test with the #rvAdriaenCoenen @NIOZnieuws #searesearch #waddensea