SDG 14: Life below water

How can science contribute to the protection of vulnerable oceans? In Utrecht, we do this by researching complex issues beyond the borders of disciplines. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) are a major guiding principle for us.

  • Where has all the plastic gone?

    About 99 percent of all the plastics in the ocean is missing. We know it went in, but we have no clue where it’s headed. One thing is certain though: plastic is never really gone. The question is: where did it go?

    A closer look at plastic soup
  • Sustainable oceans governance
    About Sea Law (NILOS website)
  • More and more dead zones in the oceans

    Life in the seas and oceans is not only jeopardised by the plastic soup, but also by a decline in oxygen. Recovery from low oxygen is extremely slow.

     

    Oxygen-deprived oceans


SDGs: our compass towards a better world