I did a thing: I published my first PhD paper! The official version is here. Too long? Here’s my short take: We wanted to know if we can use mangrove forests for coastal flood protection. So we measured how strong mangrove trees are and if storms can break them. We need more dikes but they’re […]
Figuring out how to figure it out: Can we make large enough mangrove forests?
A few weeks ago I attended the NWO Life 2021 online conference. I did a presentation on our work where we are trying to figure out how use nature-based flood defence in the world’s largest urban delta. Ultimately, we want to see if we can put mangroves there to protect the coastline. We want to […]