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Stay informed of all the latest Deltares developments in the field of water and subsurface.

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    Nature-based ‘sponge’ solutions for climate resilience

    The SpongeWorks project, which aims to enhance natural water retention at the landscape scale, has officially started. This Horizon Europe project focuses on advancing scientific knowledge and practical implementation of nature-based solutions in three large-scale river-basins in France, Greece, and Germany and the Netherlands. Deltares is co-coordinating the project, focusing on the implementation of practical solutions in the Vecht basin region.

    9 September 2024

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    World's first seaweed farm on North Sea wind farm

    Growing seaweed between wind turbines on the North Sea: that will become a reality this autumn at the Netherlands' first commercial seaweed farm. At wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid, about eighteen kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen, North Sea Farm 1 will rise. Seaweed cultivation contributes to sequestering carbon and reducing CO2 emissions. Deltares is part of the initiating consortium North Sea Farmers.

    27 August 2024

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    10 years of adaptive pathways planning: lessons learned

    Adaptation to the effects of climate change is becoming increasingly important. A tool that can help deal with such a long-term uncertainty is the adaptive pathways method, in which pivotal decisions are aligned with multiple pathways under different futures. In a recent study, published in Global Environmental Change, we analysed the use of adaptive pathways worldwide over the period of 10 years. We found that adaptive pathways planning helps to accelerate adaptation, generate new ideas, and identify path-dependency, barriers and opportunities.

    23 August 2024

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    Arcadis requalifies for Delft3D Certified Modelling Centre licence

    Mick van der Wegen, Senior Advisor, conducted the recertification audit Delft3D Certified Modelling Centre 2024-2027 on behalf of Deltares. It was conducted along Good Modelling Practice (GMP) and two recently completed projects were audited. Below is a brief review of the elements of the audit.

    22 August 2024

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    Impact sea level rise atoll islands examined with scale model

    Scientists, amongst which Deltares experts, have built a 50-metre scale replica of a coral reef island to explore how its real-life counterparts might be impacted by rising sea levels. The model has been designed to mimic atoll islands in the Maldives and the Pacific Ocean, thought to be among the most vulnerable parts of the planet as the climate changes.

    18 July 2024

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    CRIDA achieves UNESCO ‘flagship initiative’ status

    CRIDA, a method for climate resilient water resources planning developed by Deltares and the US Army Corps of Engineers, has achieved ‘flagship initiative’ status within UNESCO.

    16 July 2024

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    Deltares at the Stockholm World Water Week 2024

    Deltares experts will be in attendance and will host several sessions during the Stockholm Water Week 2024, which takes place from 25 – 29 August. A key event for the international water sector, this year’s Water Week’s theme is: Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future.

    3 July 2024

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    NL2120 is awarded with Grote Maaskantprijs

    This year’s Grote Maaskantprijs is awarded to the collective of scientists, governments, companies and civil society organisations behind project NL2120. Deltares is one of the partners in this project. According to the jury, NL2120 offers 'an inspiring perspective on the climate-adaptive, nature-inclusive and CO2-neutral spatial planning of the Netherlands'.

    17 June 2024

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    Latest knowledge infrastructure for urban water management

    Ageing infrastructure is increasingly in the news. Maintenance work on our grey and green infrastructure is essential to prevent disruption and damage. In the book ‘Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems’, a number of authors, including experts from Deltares, discuss the latest technologies. There are also chapters looking at legislation and standards, the use of data and decision-making.

    6 June 2024

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    New features Deltares Aquality App

    The Aquality App (formerly Nitrate App) has added many new features since our collaboration with IBM. We launched the latest update for the App that makes it possible to add measured phosphate and ammonium concentrations and manage groups for sharing measurement results.

    29 May 2024

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    What is the impact of sea level rise on atoll islands?

    A team of international researchers is investigating the potential for the world's low-lying coral atoll islands to withstand predicted sea level rises through natural flooding processes. Last month, Deltares experts Robert McCall and Floortje Roelvink joined the international research team for fieldwork in the Maldives. They collected data to support predictions of how these islands might respond to future sea level changes.

    23 May 2024

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    First IPDC report launched

    The first edition of the IPDC report was launched today during the 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia. Introducing the IPDC Guidance Framework for member countries and setting out the challenges faced by deltas, coasts, and islands. The report also provides a solid base for the IPDC’s future activities.

    21 May 2024