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Blog 3: One meter of sea level rise: 2.6 million additional Dutch people living below sea level
When global sea levels rise with 1 meter, the number of Dutch people living below sea level will increase from 3.93 million to 6.57 million,…
Optimal Management of Groundwater Resources of Coastal Aquifers
Groundwater aquifers are an important resource in coastal zones. In coastal areas that are densely populated or have been industrialized,…
Support by Family Foundation "Van Kuffeler"
Chair Water Resources Management In 2004, the chair of Water Resources Management was established. Chair holder is professor Van de Giesen…
Trans African Hydro Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO)
Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory Monitoring Africa's environment is an important challenge if the continent's resources are to…
Soil moisture estimation using Distributed Temperature Sensing
Soil moisture is a key state variable in surface hydrology and land-atmosphere interactions. It is a storage term in the water balance,…
Modeling irrigation in ancient Americas
Ancient irrigation has had its fair share of studies, particularly on canals on the Peruvian North coast. Despite this valuable research,…
Modeling water in ancient Jordan
As much as elsewhere, in ancient times human survival in the Zerqa triangle in the Jordan Valley depended on human ability to adapt to the…
Irrigation in colonial and post-colonial Africa
Left figure: Gezira system (from Gaitskell 1959) Right figure: Kano system Aiming at full control over farmer actions was a shared…
Vegetation: A novel soil moisture sensor
In the next 5 years, NASA and ESA plan dedicated satellite missions to provide global observations of soil moisture, a crucial variable in…
Irrigation in the Netherlands East Indies
The figure below is based on the popular game in which one has to spot the differences between two images. In this case, the two images are…