News Archive 2019
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Plastic in North Sea fish
December 24, 2019 - Researchers of Wageningen Marine Research studied the abundance of plastic in North Sea fish. In the North Sea, plastic pollution is common. Beside... -
Researchers explore deepest and largest underwater sinkholes in the world
December 12, 2019 - From 5 to 20 December, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Wageningen Marine Research are organising an expedition to the Saba... -
Lisa Becking receives L'Oréal Unesco fellowship
November 21, 2019 - Tropical marine biologist Lisa Becking from Wageningen University & Research has won the L'Oréal Unesco For Women in Science fellowship.... -
The Netherlands is not going to meet 2020 biodiversity targets
November 19, 2019 - The accelerating rate of biodiversity decline is unprecedented. Together with global warming this is one of the major threats to mankind, IPBES states... -
Human disturbance impedes growth of coral reefs around Bonaire
October 25, 2019 - The coral reef around Bonaire is known to be one of the healthiest in the Caribbean. However, new research by Wageningen Marine Research shows that a... -
One year in the ice
September 5, 2019 - In September 2019 the MOSAiC expedition will start, which stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. The... -
Northern Fulmar and plastics – monitoring report 2018
September 2, 2019 - A new report has been published on the monitoring of plastics in stomachs of Northern Fulmars beached in the Netherlands. This indicator is used in... -
Deep-sea creeps in new photo guide
August 23, 2019 - Researchers from Wageningen Marine Research and the pelagic fisheries sector have jointly published a photo ID guide for deep-sea fish species. The... -
Fulmar mortuary
August 19, 2019 - In May 2016 a sad discovery was made on the Orkney Islands. In an abandoned croft, a mass grave of fulmars was found. Attempts to renovate this house... -
Scottish bottlenose dolphins between Texel and Den Helder
July 23, 2019 - A unique sighting for the North Holland coast last Friday. NIOZ researcher Jeroen Hoekendijk and fellow researchers from Wageningen Marine Research...