Sea level rise, especially combined with possible changes in storm surges and increased river discharge resulting from climate change, poses a major threat for a low-lying delta like the Netherlands. Future flood protection strategies need to take these possible changes into account.

For the last decade the industrial activity of China has been growing at rapid pace, bringing economic wealth to its 1300 million inhabitants, but also generating an unprecedented level of air pollution. This deteriorates the air quality of the densely populated and industrialized areas such as ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are increasing. Anthropogenic emissions due to the burning of fossil fuels are primary held responsible. However, also the concentrations of several other greenhouse gases, such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), are increasing ...

Lightning strikes (Figure 1) cost airlines significant amounts of money each year through repair expenses, flight delays, and other additional costs due to the removal of aircraft from service

In a paper that appeared 70 years ago in the Journal of the Dutch Physical Society, Burgers (1) addressed the question whether the statistics of turbulent flows can be investigated by the methods of statistical mechanics.