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Film about microplastics

19 September 2014

MICRO focuses primarily on monitoring with the aim of determining levels of microplastics in the French section of the English Channel and the southern part of the North sea. The study looked to see whether…

Course looking at risks of climate change for infrastructure

19 September 2014

Expertise and experience from European research project ROADAPT The course will share the expertise and experience acquired during the course of the European research project ROADAPT, which is generating methods that road management authorities and…

Delta Decisions are good example of new thinking in water management

17 September 2014

Jaap Kwadijk and Marjolijn Haasnoot, both climate adaptation experts at Deltares, think the delta decisions are an excellent example of the new thinking in water management. Climate change is a fact but the numerous uncertainties…

Deltares to study smarter governance for public-private partnerships

16 September 2014

Monica Altamirano (Deltares): ‘For the purposes of the comparative research, it is a good thing that the consortium will be sharing different experiences. Deltares has worldwide experience with complex water-infrastructure projects, the Erasmus University has…

Webinar on September 16: Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts

12 September 2014

Ap van Dongeren, expert coastal management at Deltares, is the only non-US member on the committee that wrote this report. Click here to attend.

Soil monitoring improves insight into aquifer thermal energy systems

11 September 2014

To make subsurface soil monitoring possible at the Rijnsweerd Office Park and the Utrecht Science Park, in the Utrecht Central Station area, in Eindhoven Strijp S and in Delft, the Utrecht Sustainability Institute established the…

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…