The dikes and their surfaces represent an untapped opportunity to build solar plants in a land-scarce nation with a high population density. The Netherlands has approximately 17,000 km of dikes and a ...

In late October, Storm Benjamin blew across Belgium and other parts of Western Europe, bringing strong winds and rain that ...

The hydraulic performance and flow dynamics of spur dikes have emerged as a critical area of research within river engineering. Spur dikes—protruding structures extending from riverbanks—are designed ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...