Delta Life no 11

5 March 2019

Climate change requires not only new ways of building, but also a different way of thinking about our built environment. At least, that is the argument presented by architect Reinier de Graaf of the world-famous…

European soil is under pressure: sharing knowledge helps to make the right decisions

22 February 2019

The availability of land and soil in Europe is under enormous pressure. We need the soil for housing, food and biomass production, water management, leisure, biodiversity and culture. But our soil is also threatened by…

Deltares involvement on dams and reservoirs in India

18 February 2019

Official presentation handbook Deltares expert Dr Sanjay Giri prepared a handbook for Assessing and Managing Reservoir Sedimentation, synthesizing national and international experiences, technologies, case studies and practices related to a broad spectrum of sediment-induced problems….

Deltares strengthens ties with the Government of Bangladesh

15 February 2019

Deltares will be supporting the Ministry and their sub-ordinate institutes through capacity building, training and advice. Bangladesh faces a challenging future given the impact of climate change and Deltares will particularly support their ability to…

Pioneering large-scale study of land subsidence in Vietnam by Utrecht researcher

14 February 2019

Vietnam made the transition to a market economy in the late 1980s. That led to higher agricultural production, an increasing population and more urbanisation. And more demand for groundwater as a result. The extraction of…

Kenya’s most harmful water weeds become the fuel of the future

8 February 2019

Kisumu city on the shore of Lake Victoria is Kenya’s third largest city. Kisumu County, which borders the lake, is one of the hardest-hit areas: a rotting layer of water hyacinths has developed here which…

The effects of calving icebergs on (tsunami) waves: results large-scale tests now published in Nature

30 January 2019

Study of five ice falling ice mechanisms Mass balance analysis of ice sheets is a key component to understand the effects of global warming. A significant component of ice sheet and shelf mass balance is…

Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite 2019.01 now available for download

29 January 2019

The key improvements of the Delft3D FM Suite 2019.01: D-Morphology module for coastal and river morphodynamic modelling. D-Waves module for simulating the evolution of random, short-crested wind-generated waves. It can optionally be run coupled to…

€2 Million to provide High-Resolution Data about Seawater Quality

10 January 2019

The real-time information and alerts that this platform will deliver to ports and the aquaculture sector will improve crisis management and – future – operations. Using high resolution data to improve water quality New Sentinel…

Sailing from Rotterdam to Maxau: safer and with less fuel

8 January 2019

Until recently, inland shippers had to select the best route by using information about water levels. But to decide about the maximum cargo, the amount of fuel needed and the route to take, information about…