Meet the Science Council of Deltares

15 June 2022

The Science Council functions as the scientific conscience of Deltares and represents the scientific expertise of Deltares. For doing this the Science Council reaches out to the other experts within Deltares. The Science Council safeguards…

The Netherlands has a new research facility with an advanced time machine for soil processes

9 June 2022

Please accept cookies to watch this video. Testing infrastructure under extreme conditions Dikes have to be safe, especially with a view to the changing climate and more extreme weather. In the GeoCentrifuge, for instance, Deltares…

Research on future-proof bridges and quay awarded by National Research Agenda

7 June 2022

The research, ‘live insights for bridges and quay walls,’ shortened to ‘LiveQuay,’ provides an integrated assessment of the safety and condition of bridges and quay walls in an interactive decision support platform based on values…

New study of the relationship between climate change and socio-economic tipping points

25 May 2022

Sea level rise Accelerating sea level rise is a game changer that could cause socio-economic tipping points in certain circumstances, says Kees. “More and more storylines are emerging about how sea level rise could lead…

Four ways to save deltas from sea level rise

19 May 2022

Utrecht University assembled a team of specialists from countries around the world to solve this problem. Deltares is part of this team. The team investigated and reviewed existing and planned projects that are being explored…

Deltares 2022 impact report online: stories with impact

17 May 2022

With government authorities, business and research institutes in the Netherlands and throughout the world, we are working on safe and sustainable living, now and in the future. Our 2022 impact report shows how we do…

Deltares mourns passing of former managing director Maarten Smits

17 May 2022

We remember Maarten as a conceptual thinker with an intense interest in the field. We knew that Maarten was seriously ill. His health forced him – with a heavy heart – to resign as the…

Dutch team in The Ocean Race 2022-23 will work with research world to cut carbon emissions

13 May 2022

The Ocean Race 2022-23 is a yacht race around the world. The teams will visit nine iconic cities in a six-month period. The race sets off from Alicante (Spain) on 15 January 2023 and returns…

Can the Mekong Delta be saved from drowning?

6 May 2022

Only concerted action by the six countries in the Mekong basin and better management of water and sediments within the delta could avoid such a devastating outcome, argues an interdisciplinary research team in a commentary…

Climate change will more than double the risk of intense tropical cyclones by 2050

29 April 2022

Despite being amongst the world’s most destructive extreme weather events, tropical cyclones are relatively rare. In a given year, only around 80-100 tropical cyclones form globally, most of which never make landfall. In addition, accurate…