Meet the mothers who, amid the chaos and aftermath of Hurricane Helene, found ways to care for their children, their neighbors, and each other. This is a story about survival, mutual aid, and what it means to raise children in an age of climate collapse. bittersoutherner.com/2025/issue-1...

"The question is not whether we are going to use living-with-water strategies to adapt to climate change, but how and when." 💧

New research by Carolien Kraan, @marjolijnhaasnoot.bsky.social & @katharinemach.bsky.social explores what this future could look like.

www.deltares.nl/en/news/new-...

“Uit de gesprekken (vele diepte-interviews, red.) blijkt dat eigenlijk alle experts verwachten dat we in meer of mindere mate zullen moeten gaan #meebewegen met de #zeespiegelstijging”, concludeert Carolien Kraan.

@deltares.bsky.social
www.h2owaternetwerk.nl/h2o-actueel/...

Accepteer dat het natter en droger wordt en leer er mee leven, zegt dijkgraaf @wetterskip.nl Luzette Kroon. "Het is een utopie om te denken dat wij als waterschap klimaatverandering en weersextremen de baas kunnen zijn door nog meer inzet van techniek." tinyurl.com/427unshy

Many thanks to @katharinemach.bsky.social and @marjolijnhaasnoot.bsky.social for the collaboration!
For a short summary, see: www.deltares.nl/en/news/new-...
And for the full paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Out now: we studied expert perspectives on living-with-water strategies (as opposed to more physical flood infrastructure) and found that although there are different perspectives to what role living with water will play in the future, experts agree at least some making room for water is needed.

Hi there! I'm new at Bluesky. I'm a senior researcher/advisor at @deltares.bsky.social working on long term climate adaptation planning. In the fall, I defended my PhD at the @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social titled: Making Way for Water: Adapting to Climate Change in the US and the Netherlands.