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The future of our urban areas relies on blue-green infrastructure

A report by the Environment Agency’s concluded that the integration of urban green and blue space is key to helping address many of the challenges for our towns and cities. In this article, Bridget Woods-Ballard explains why the integration of nature-based surface water management systems are becoming ever more important.

NFM proves its worth in the Cotswolds

In a quiet corner of the Cotswolds, the latest techniques and a truly collaborative approach have been applied to the age-old practice of Natural Flood Management (NFM) to prove the technique’s worth, as well as maximise its impact. Take a journey to rural Oxfordshire to find out more.

EO changes the landscape of dengue fever management

Dr Gina Tsarouchi takes a look at the new technology that combines Earth Observation (EO) techniques with hydro-meteorological data to forecast outbreaks.

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Zac Nash learning over the yellow, surfboard-shaped ARCboat.

Collaboration with Bangor University to lead autonomous fish tracking research

Zac Nash, PhD student at Bangor University, explains how he is using our ARCboat to autonomously track fish to understand their movement patterns.

A tale of two cities: flood protection for Shanghai using the Thames Estuary 2100 approach

David Ramsbottom, a world-renowned specialist, explains how HR Wallingford’s recently published research will help Shanghai to plan future flood defences.

The curious case of a combined physical model

When building a physical model in our labs, it’s tempting to think that it could be used for more than one sort of study. Dr Ian Chandler explores when models can be combined, and explains why this is not always the best option to ensure accurate results and speed.

The rare marine dunes that march through offshore windfarms

Rare crescent-shaped marine dunes, more usually seen on land, are examined in a new HR Wallingford study, published this month in the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Programmed for scientific success

As computer programming has advanced from the starting blocks laid down by Ada Lovelace, it has become indispensable to science.

Accurate scaling for huge models has layers of complexity

Dr Ian Chandler and Dr David Todd explain why building and testing huge models in our labs is so complex and how accuracy is ensured.