Adaptation Approach for a Water-Sensitive Mexico City

15 January 2018

The goal is therefore to identify concrete solutions in a more holistic approach that integrates the design of public space and water management in a more comprehensive strategy. Problems all magnify each other The strength…

Sea level on Dutch coast higher than ever in 2017

12 January 2018

No surprise Sea level expert Fedor Baart of research institute Deltares: ‘I’m not surprised that the sea level was higher than ever last year. The level has been rising gradually since 1890 by about 0.2…

Our planet monitored in millions of megapixels

11 January 2018

Water sources under pressure The monitoring of surface water is becoming increasingly important because water sources are under pressure from economic sectors such as industry, agriculture, energy, tourism and domestic use. Furthermore, water availability is…

Users can get started: Sava Flood Forecasting and Warning System for riparian states in the Sava River drainage area

9 January 2018

Workshop On 12 and 13 December, 25 operational forecasters (hydro-meteorological organisations from several countries) met up in Ljubljana to examine the first complete version. The US embassies from the five countries donated the hardware (laptops…

Applied Open Data for Sustainable Development

18 December 2017

  The Declaration and outcome of the workshops   The endorsement of The Hague Declaration on Planetary Security with concrete actions was a key outcome of this conference. Deltares was one of the 87 parties…

Transportation and installation tests of gravity based structures successfully completed

8 December 2017

Gravity based structures are support structures held in place by gravity. They are widely used in civil engineering and the oil and gas industry. Recently several designs of gravity based wind turbine foundations for offshore…

Roderik Hoekstra wins DPC Rising Star award

1 December 2017

This award goes to a person who has already shown outstanding achievement in the maritime arena and demonstrated leadership in the following areas: initiative, drive and consistently going the extra mile. The jury praised Roderik’s…

New €2 million project launched to further research into links between oceans and human health

28 November 2017

The project will deliver a clear road map for the future direction of Oceans and Human Health research in Europe, and builds on ongoing work at the University of Exeter to improve our understanding of…

International scientists counter threat of flooding on coral reef coasts

22 November 2017

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria became household names this fall as they tore a path of destruction through the Caribbean and southern United States.  The waves generated by such hurricanes or cyclones can have…

Measuring tsunami forces to design safe cooling systems for (nuclear) power plants

20 November 2017

Numerical models, such as the free, open source CFD software OpenFOAM, are often used to design such intake structures. However, these tools can only provide reliable results, when they are calibrated against accurate measurements. For this purpose,…