Dutch scientists chart coastal flooding in the future: 50% more people at risk in 2080

25 April 2017

Land subsidence and elevation included River flooding has already been charted worldwide with the World Resources Institute using the public tool ‘Aqueduct’. Dirk Eilander (Deltares) and Philip Ward (IVM-VU) teamed up with other researchers to…

Deltares and the University of Western Australia work together on (global) water and offshore challenges

19 April 2017

The MOU highlights the desire of both institutions to increase collaboration on a broad range of research topics, in particular related to coastal dynamics, water quality modeling and offshore engineering. It is expected that the…

The new Delta Life magazine is out!

7 April 2017

The magazine also includes an interview with Frank Heemskerk of the World Bank, and a discussion of the importance of water for economic issues. ‘Economic growth is very thirsty’. How can Dutch knowledge can be…

Ocean modelling and Early-Warning System for the Gulf of Thailand

4 April 2017

Storm surges associated with severe tropical cyclones are among the most hazardous and damaging natural disasters to coastal areas. The Gulf of Thailand has been periodically affected by typhoon induced storm surges in the past…

Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite 2017 is now available for download!

3 April 2017

Key improvements: Many robustness and functionality improvements in the D-Flow Flexible Mesh (D-Flow FM) engine are included. The spacial editor offers improved model setup, grid editing and bathymetry interpolation. Furthermore, the new UGRID NetCDF support…

NUSDeltares wins Winsemius Award in Singapore

29 March 2017

The Winsemius Awards celebrated its third edition on March 23 at the Grand Hyatt hotel. The honorable Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development & Second Minister of Finance, and H.E. Jacques Werner, Ambassador of…

Major step in worldwide application of nature-based solutions and flood mitigation

29 March 2017

Opting for natural solutions is still a difficult decision The measurement and monitoring of natural solutions are still not yet conducted using the standards that apply to ‘hard’ solutions such as dams and dikes. So…

Launched: Coastal hazard assessment app

23 March 2017

Benefit from global open access data Now coastal hazard assessments can benefit from global open access data on underlying biogeophysical variables like geological layout, waves, sediment balance, tides, storms and vegetation. By using the Coastal…

World Waterday: Fewer refugees? More climate adaptation!

22 March 2017

Even so, the two areas are inextricably linked. So there will be opportunities for a new government to set out policy that can actually tackle both challenges and reduce migration by helping other countries to…

Creating climate proof coastal promenades

22 March 2017

Better understanding of complex wave interactions In the European project called ‘Wave Loads on Walls (WaLoWa)’ we set up large-scale model tests in order to study the wave-induced loads on structures situated on top of…