News & Calendar Wageningen Marine Research
The research areas of Wageningen Marine Research include ecology, environmental conservation and protection, fisheries, aquaculture, maritime technology, delta technology, management of coastal zones and marine policy. Updates from the research not only appear as news articles, but are also shared at meetings, via our e-newsletter or via social media.
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From idea to breakthrough: twenty years of SUIT changes polar research
- Researchers from Wageningen Marine Research and partners, including the Alfred Wegener Institute, returned in September from an expedition to the... -
A worm colony in the Wadden Sea
- A small, bristly worm living in a tube of sand would be a rare sight in the Wadden Sea these days. But there was a time when these creatures built... -
Hotel Iguana: Iguana nests as important link within Caribbean ecosystems
- A recent pilot study shows that nests of the Lesser Antillean iguana on Sint Eustatius are used by several other plant and animal species. They use... -
PFAS: stubborn and hard to replace
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), make clothing waterproof and paper grease-resistant, but they are so persistent that you find them in... -
Surface water sampling reveals large numbers of juvenile krill undetected by conventional monitoring methods
- In 2018/2019, researchers of Wageningen Marine Research joined the Japanese research vessel Kaiyo-maru (Fisheries Agency Japan; FAJ) on an Antarctic... -
ReefGrazers to restore Caribbean corals and support local fisheries
- A new initiative called the ReefGrazers project is set to begin in September, aiming to restore coral reefs in the Caribbean and support sustainable... -
Rare whale species observed during recent Antarctic expedition
- Research by Wageningen Marine Research and partners on the relationship between sea ice and the Southern Ocean food web investigates various... -
Impact of bottom fishing on seabed carbon more complicated than previously thought
- A new study led by marine biologist Justin Tiano of Wageningen Marine Research, together with a team of international scientists, uncovers the complex... -
Diet young polar cod more varied than previously assumed
- Earlier research by Wageningen Marine research (WMR) and partners, including the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), showed that many juvenile... -
Beached sea turtle studied for plastic ingestion
- Last winter an unusual number of sea turtles beached on the Dutch coast. Some were alive and transported to rehabilitation centres, others however did...
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