Interactive SandBox: new interactive design tool for the direct visualisation of coastal interventions

14 October 2016

Designing the coast with your hands The SandBox is literally a box with a model of part of the Dutch coast on the wooden bottom that people can use to shape a design with their…

Mexico City Borough Xochimilco resilient again

13 October 2016

20 million residents The 20 million residents of Mexico City live in an area at high risk from flooding and earthquakes. The rapid growth of the city, the shortage of clean water and the occurrence…

Implementation of Paris climate agreement supports adaptive approach of Delta Programme

23 September 2016

The staff of the Delta Commissioner put these questions about the robustness of the Delta Scenarios to experts from Deltares, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and the PBL in preparation for the Delta Programme…

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….