Are these projects now proving their worth? Yes, say the experts. Take the village of Borgharen near Maastricht: it was flooded in 1995, but has now remained dry. Much has been done in the part of the Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht, where the river forms the border with Belgium, explains Harold van Waveren, water safety specialist at the Rijkswaterstaat. …

“What happened in Limburg in the last few days can happen anywhere in the country. We have to take into account that due to climate change we will have to deal with extreme weather conditions more often.” This is what the outgoing Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen says. She visits the flooded area and, among other things, takes stock of the surroundings …

Italy enjoys the triumph at the European Championship. Yesterday, the RAI television channel broadcast a documentary about the successful Squadra Azzurra tournament. The match against Belgium in the quarter-finals was also discussed at length. Coach Roberto Mancini apparently spoke prophetic words during his tactical briefing. Crazy scenes from the plane, footage from the locker room and a glimpse into coach …

How is it done now. “We have an area of ​​precipitation that revolves around an area of ​​low pressure. The area of ​​precipitation is completely blocked and cannot come out. It is an occlusion front. It is a fusion of a warm front. and a cold front. This still generates extremely heavy precipitation. Now it is falling. “The precipitation is …

New operating systems will be released this fall for all of your Apple devices and are currently being tested through beta versions. The latest iOS 15 beta reveals something striking: you need less storage space to update. And that fixes a big problem, especially for Apple Watch Series 3 users. iOS 15 and watchOS 8: less storage needed If you …

Background European robotic arm finally launched into space after 16 years It was already completed in 2005, but it is only this month that the European robotic arm ERA will finally make its way to the International Space Station (ISS). There it is used on the Russian part of the ISS for inspection, handling of large objects and the movement …

Researchers observed the gaseous planet with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.AP Image It is nearly three trillion kilometers from here, a distance that even light takes about three hundred years. And yet, on the gaseous planet TYC 8998-760-1b, astronomers were able to determine the relationship between variants of particles invisible to the human eye, they write Thursday. in …

Cell phones, laptops, digital cameras, cordless screwdrivers or lawn mowers. Without rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, much in everyday life would be almost unimaginable. The old and trusty nickel-cadmium battery is all but gone. Lithium-ion batteries can store much larger amounts of energy at higher voltages. German scientists are now studying how to improve performance even further. Because there are problems. A …

Thirty builders have pledged to build World of Dinos in the Brabanthallen this week. It is the largest dinosaur exhibition in Europe. By the end of the week, the room should be filled with over eighty life-size roaring and moving animals that take you back in time. “It’s like walking in a prehistoric jungle,” explains one of the builders. Tuesday …

News | Online 12/07/2021 11:00 The Open Space Platform is perhaps the ideal platform to promote the agricultural reuse of agricultural infrastructure. “It is important to coordinate the different objectives and to link the instruments that are used”, explains Flemish Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA). JOris Nachtergaele (N-VA) and Emmily Talpe (Open VLD) asked the Flemish Parliament’s agriculture committee to pay …