Plastic debris is a human health issue

7 July 2016

Humans can be exposed to plastic debris, including micro- and nanosized plastic particles and the chemical additives leaching from plastic, via consumption of seafood and terrestrial food products, drinking water and the air. Human exposure…

Ecopotential researchers meet on the shores of the Wadden Sea

27 June 2016

The participants will discuss the most advanced technologies and methodologies for monitoring and modelling ecosystems. During their time on Texel, they will also look at the results and the activities to be implemented in the…

New global dataset to support the hundreds of millions of people threatened by sea-level rise

27 June 2016

Great step forward The research presents a new global dataset of extreme sea-levels around the world’s entire coastline, the Global Tide and Surge Reanalysis dataset (GTSR). GTSR is the first global near-coast dataset based on…

Deltares develops software tools for Tidal Lagoon Power to assess future lagoons

24 June 2016

Two of the potential sites for large tidal lagoon development that TLP are considering are located in the Liverpool Bay area (West Cumbria and North Wales). A further three are located in the Severn Estuary…

Costs offshore wind further down to 7 eurocent/kWh by 2030

15 June 2016

GROW, or “Growth through Research, development & demonstration in Offshore Wind”, will contribute to the Netherlands’ goals for a renewable and independent energy supply. Over the next five years, GROW will introduce new innovations to…

Smart coastal management takes sandbar positions into account

14 June 2016

In the Netherlands, we already have many years of experience using sand replenishment to preserve our coastline. One way to do this is by depositing sand on the beach itself, but since the early 1990s,…

A flood forecasting and warning system for riparian countries in the Sava River Basin

10 June 2016

Better information leads to better decisions In response to floods and droughts, the consortium will – alongside the World Bank – develop a joint, operational flood forecasting and early warning system for the riparian countries…

Preparing for a risky future

3 June 2016

The report, The Making of a Riskier Future: How Our Decisions are Shaping the Future of Disaster Risk, calls for a radical new approach to risk assessment, which takes into account extremely rapid global changes. Annual total…

Lack of space for mud deposition causes turbidity in Ems-Dollard estuary

30 May 2016

The study provides possible approaches to counteracting increasing turbidity in the estuary, the brackish transitional zone between the river and the sea. This is important because the estuaries are the arteries on which life in…

Satellite data for next generation information tools for healthy and safe seas, coasts and river deltas

30 May 2016

Information from satellite remote sensing data Satellite remote sensing , or earth observation,  provides a wide range of data that can be converted  to  relevant   information   on   climate,   weather,   water,   soil   and land use to…