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Confidence in coastal forecasts

- Predictions of phenomena such as sea-level rise, storm surges or coastal erosion are important for decisions about coastal protection. Coastal

Fine tuning for rip current radar

- In the first week of June, UNESCO-IHE, Shore Monitoring and Deltares conducted a number of tests in Egmond aan Zee with the aim of introducing further refinements to the rip current radar.

Best paper award at World Dredging Congress

- At the closing ceremony of the World Dredging Congress (WODCON XX) on 7 June in Brussels, a paper from Dr. Thijs van Kessel, a senior morphology and sediment researcher with Deltares, was pronounced the 'best paper' of the Congress.

DEWFORA on Euronews

- In the week of 17 June (UN World Day to Combat Desertification), the Euronews channel will be broadcasting a four-minute film about DEWFORA. Deltares is coordinating this large-scale European research project.

Minister from Ecuador

- Deltares was host on 6 June to Ecuador's Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. Minister Rene Ramirez, who was accompanied by Ecuador's ambassador to the Netherlands, was visiting Deltares to be introduced to the Institute and to investigate openings for further collaboration.