Updates

Posted on: 26 February 2018

Job description The upstream Dutch Rhine is experiencing bed degradation at a rate of 2 cm per year, which is problematic to navigation and river management. Less erodible reaches hamper navigation, and in-channel structures are destabilized. Such ongoing bed degradation is also observed in the German Rhine, the Elbe River, and the Danube River. The […]

Posted on: 12 February 2018

After the inspiring key note by Paul  Kinzel during the Friday morning programme of the NCR Days 2018, we encourage you to submit an abstract to the special session on innovative monitoring techniques for ecohydraulic research during the 12th IAHR’s International Symposium on Ecohydraulics from 19-8 to 24-8 in Tokyo Japan. This special session is […]

Posted on: 31 January 2018

On January 16th the annual Brunings lecture was given at Utrecht University. This lecture was recorded and can now be viewed online for 2018 and earlier years for those who look back on the lecture with pleasure and with questions, and for those who would like to look back.

Posted on: 13 December 2017

This is a reminder to to submit an abstract to the session ‘Sustainable management of river deltas under pressure’ (Session GM6.6/BG7.6/HS5.17), to be held at the EGU General Assembly 2018, 8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria. The aim of this session is to bring together knowledge of both natural and societal processes (inter)acting in a delta, […]

Posted on: 20 November 2017

Researchers of Utrecht University and Radboud University have revealed the successful combination of a lower flood risk with the start of biodiversity recovery. Multiple groups of endangered and protected species are returning to river areas in the Netherlands. The researchers published their findings on 8 November in the open access journal Science Advances. To read […]