New protocol improves predictions of sea-level rise

4 September 2014

  Objective error analysis for every point Marc Hijma explains: ‘In Scotland, I will be presenting a new protocol for entering separate, objective, error analyses for every point in databases with regional geological sea-level data….

International hydrologists pool know-how

7 August 2014

The relationship between climate change and flood risks It is a known fact that river basins respond differently to changes in the climate, and this varying sensitivity could be utilised to make better predictions. There…

Checking climate-robust roads in just a few steps

30 July 2014

Extra-vulnerable sections of road Yesterday, on 28 July, rainfall was so intense that motorways in the Netherlands were flooded in many places. Locally, 150 mm of rain fell during the day. That is well above…

Demand for Dutch expertise on Nicaragua Canal

30 July 2014

More capacity is needed to cope with ever larger ships Nicaragua is planning to build a canal  linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, like the Panama Canal. The new canal will boost not only the…

Deltares participates in framing vision on coastal risk along U.S. coasts

25 July 2014

More information can be found in the press release with a link to the full pdf report: National Vision Needed to Achieve Comprehensive Risk Reduction Along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

Bather Safety App for Sand Motor upgraded

22 July 2014

Dangerous currents The large-scale sand nourishment operation on the coast of South Holland has transformed the currents off the coast near Ter Heijde. In 2012, Rijkswaterstaat asked Deltares to develop a pilot version of the…

Scale tests for Veessen-Wapenveld high-water channel

18 July 2014

Precise picture of the flow rate of the water Project manager Judith van Os from Deltares: “The scale model study can be used to simulate in detail structures in the channel such as the dike…

Measuring sagging sewers from space

14 July 2014

Traditional measurement methods imprecise and expensive Many large cities are built in river estuaries on soft soil. That is the case for Amsterdam, Rotterdam and many cities in other countries. Sagging sewers can be the…