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14 September 2020
Counting grains of sand to understand coastal dunes
![Counting grains of sand to understand coastal dunes](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/b/4/csm_SIerd-kijkt-naar-rechts_HiRes2_c98ef15544.jpg)
The Dutch coastline is continually changing. Coastal engineer Sierd de Vries is using ventilators, wind tunnels, drones, jet skis and laser scanners to gain an insight into the development of coastal areas and dune formation. He can often be found sitting close to the Sand Motor counting grains of sand.
14 September 2020
Svalbard glaciers much more vulnerable to warming since mid-1980s
![Svalbard glaciers much more vulnerable to warming since mid-1980s](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/d/7/csm_Noel_NatComms_1_a87fb1c734.jpg)
Most of Svalbard’s glaciers have lost their protective firn layer, which leaves the ice much more vulnerable to summer melt.
08 September 2020
New land subsidence map reveals the Netherlands’ (in)stability
![New land subsidence map reveals the Netherlands’ (in)stability](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/8/3/csm_bdk21a_244d77ccf2.jpg)
Lopsided houses, subsiding streets, shifting dykes and nature reserves stricken by drought. In the years ahead, there will need to be some serious investment in maintenance by citizens, businesses and government.
20 August 2020
Greenland Ice Sheet experienced record losses in 2019, and it won’t stop there
![Greenland Ice Sheet experienced record losses in 2019, and it won’t stop there](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/4/5/csm_ijsberg%203_fc3ebed87e.jpg)
The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record mass loss in 2019, other glaciers in the Arctic region have also been severely affected by the summer of 2019.
03 August 2020
Future energy systems need to be climate proof
Climate policy for future energy systems typically focus on the challenge to make them carbon neutral to avoid climate change.