Delta Life number 6 is available

22 September 2016

Delta Life is the international magazine of Deltares. The central theme of Delta Life is living in Delta areas. The magazine focusses on developments in the field of flood protection, water availability, water and soil…

Book: North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment

16 September 2016

The book offers an up-to-date review of our current understanding of climate change in the North Sea and adjacent areas, as well as its impact on ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. It provides a detailed assessment…

The Sand Motor pilot after five years: building with nature on the Dutch coast

14 September 2016

The Sand Motor and protection The development of the Sand Motor is helping to widen the coastal zone and it is progressing as expected. The sand remains in the area of the Delfland coast, nourishing…

Tropical Cyclone and Storm Surge Risk in Mozambique and Cabo Verde

9 September 2016

According to Deltares project leader Tony Minns, cyclone risk requires a different approach from river flood risk, given the fact that cyclones are relatively rare, at a limited horizontal scale, and their impact is strongly…

How the earth has changed over the past 30 years

25 August 2016

First global-scale tool that shows water and land conversion The Deltares Aqua Monitor was developed by Gennadii Donchyts, a remote sensing expert at Deltares. It is the first global-scale tool that shows, with a 30-metre…

West African coast struggling with coastal erosion

22 August 2016

According to the Deltares project leader Alessio Giardino, the study is unique for a number of reasons. “First of all, the quantification of the large sediment budget, with one consistent set of numerical models (UNIBEST-CL+…

Olympic and environmental modelling, yes we can

15 August 2016

The forecasting system produced maps of the currents at a time resolution of 15 minutes for each of the locations, which were sent directly to the sailing team managers each morning before the day’s events….

International recognition for CAPWAT Guidelines

4 August 2016

CAPWAT the Dutch Joint Industry Project on CAPacity losses in WasteWATer started in 2003 as a research project for the Dutch Wastewater industry. Together with engineering companies, suppliers and pipeline owners, and in close cooperation…

VIA water projects in Africa

29 July 2016

Chezo Serious Gaming Hub in Kenya The focus in this project is on urban water management. With Upande (Kenya), iHub (Kenya), FloodCom and The Barn, Deltares will be developing serious games that contribute to solving…

Marc Bierkens elected AGU fellow

29 July 2016

Bierkens was nominated by an American colleague and awarded the Fellowship for his contributions to high-resolution global hydrology and water resources modelling, in particular focusing on human impacts, global water scarcity assessments and the depletion…