In the 2025-2026 survey season, researchers counted 3,385 seal pups and 12,497 grey seals during the moulting season, confirming further population growth across the region.

This international programme invites Bachelor’s and Master’s students to explore how sea level rise is reshaping the ecological and cultural values of the Wadden Sea.

The report compares trilateral vegetation data with high resolution geomorphological information.

The report provides important scientific insights and policy recommendations for protecting the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site at a time of accelerating environmental change.

New national research into the awareness of UNESCO World Heritage shows that once again the Wadden Sea is the best-known World Heritage Site in the Netherlands.

From 28 to 30 October 2025, more than 200 scientists from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands gathered in Groningen for the 16th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium.