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🌎 Global Wetland Watch Updates 🛰 Forested wetlands, also known as swamps, are a type of inland palustrine wetland dominated by trees and characterised by the presence of standing water or saturated soil. Forested wetlands are biological hotspots, home to many endemic species, and play a crucial role in supporting surrounding ecosystems. They provide habitats for species such as river dolphins, giant otters, pirarucu, armadillos, anteaters, tapirs and jaguars.🐬 Beyond their rich biodiversity, these wetlands offer flood and erosion control, serve as transportation corridors and produce opportunities for fishing and tourism.🐟  Due to the dense canopy cover, detecting these wetlands and differentiating them from other forests using satellite imagery can be challenging. But in a pilot project from the Amazon Basin in Colombia, Global Wetland Watch has demonstrated that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors can penetrate through the vegetation canopy and detect the seasonal 'flood pulses' in the swamps. 🛰 👉 You can learn more about the pilot project and the importance of wetlands here: https://lnkd.in/gWmGZ8ba The Global Wetland Watch is an alliance between DHI, UNEP DHI Partnership - Centre on Water and Environment and UN Environment Programme made possible with a grant from Google.org. #ForNature #ClimateAction #GlobalWetlandWatch #EO #Satellites

🌊 We are at the ICCE 2024, the 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering! Protecting marine and coastal environments with nature in focus has always been DHI’s approach. If you’re also at the conference, come by DHI's booth to discover how our expertise, technologies and data can help you develop sustainable engineering solutions tailored to meet future climate and coastal challenges while safeguarding our environment. #ICCE2024 #coastalengineering #naturebasedsolutions

Last week, we shared behind-the-scenes of DHI’s biologists onsite during one of the environmental surveys for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. Now, let’s have a look at the monitoring stations and equipment that collect data on the water environment. Several buoys with monitoring equipment continuously gather water data near the project areas and along the coasts of Fehmarn and Lolland. These monitor the sediment content in the water, current speeds, wave heights and more. Specialised surveyors regularly go out to clean and maintain the equipment to make sure the instruments work properly and to safeguard the moorings and markers. Environmental data from the instruments, including data gathered during violent storms and high waves during fall/winter, are sent online and accessible on Femern A/S’ open access portal ÆGIR: https://lnkd.in/efmD8f63 📸 1 and 2: Environmental monitoring stations in the water off the coasts of Fehmarn and Lolland collecting data on the water environment. 📸 3: Specialist surveyors from DHI regularly clean and maintain the buoys. This buoy is monitoring the currents and waves. 📸 4: Plants and fauna gather and grow on the equipment. These instruments have small wipers to keep them clean, but nevertheless need regular cleaning. 📸 5: A clean and serviced instrument for measuring the water sediments is ready to go in the water again. Link up with Sanne Niemann to know more about our work for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link!

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲? 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! When we say we prioritise the user experience, we truly mean it! DHI's ecosystem of digital solutions and cross-cutting infrastructure is constantly evolving. A key focus for our User Research & UX Design team is to enhance user experiences every step of the way. An effective approach we use is through internal workshops, such as an earlier in-person session on MIKE Cloud at our HQ in Denmark. With its various touchpoints—including multiple applications, cloud simulations, IT infrastructure and of course our clients— it’s important that we continue to identify improvement opportunities for MIKE Cloud. Workshops like these highlight that UX design goes beyond the visual design of buttons and icons. It encompasses the entire customer journey and considers critical elements like login and payment processes. At its core, UX design ensures that every interaction with our services is seamless and intuitive, ultimately enhancing the overall customer experience. How do you work with User Research and UX design in your company? Share your insights with us! To know more about UX in DHI, link up with Marie Svane Rizk Vestergaard, Eva Henkel, Felix Tollan and Anna Katrine Høgh Andersen! #UX #UI #userexperience #userdesign

Have you signed up for our next R&D webinar on 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on 25 September? If you want to know more about innovation and R&D in the water sector, you should sign up for our R&D webinar series, '𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬' 💧 💦 Episode 9 is for anyone interested in 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 through advanced metocean forecasting. During this webinar, our expert Jacob Tornfeldt Sørensen will present a novel method for providing consistent local ensemble wave predictions by integrating: ✔️Hindcast and ensemble meteorological datasets ✔️Hindcast and ensemble simulations of a fast global wave model ✔️Hindcast database with availability of accurate high resolution wave models in major offshore wind development regions globally ✔️Machine learning techniques to transform global wave model results to local scales, trained on the accurate hindcast data archive Be sure to register today: https://lnkd.in/gQSQEVCC #freewebinars #offshorewind #metocean #innovation

Counting down to ICCE 2024, the international conference on coastal engineering taking place in Rome 8-14 September! Marine and coastal environments face growing pressure from more frequent and intense weather events, while coastal cities, ports and marine infrastructure expand rapidly. DHI recognises that these challenges demand solutions that are adaptable and work in harmony with nature – not against it. Get a glimpse of our presentations at ICCE 2024: ✔️New guidance and decision-support tools for nature-based solutions ✔️Operational and structural solutions for a sustainable navigation in the Malamocco-Marghera channel (Venice lagoon) ✔️Erosion from displacement waves along the Malamocco-Marghera channel ✔️Analysis and modelling of issues related to wave agitation caused by long-period waves in a touristic marina ✔️Climate change impacts on coastal hazards in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ✔️Expanding MIKE MS hybrid wave downscaling: overcoming stationary assumptions for climate studies ✔️Multi-fraction sediment transport modelling in MIKE 3 FM Our international team: Andrea Crosta, Andrea Pedroncini, Luis Alberto Cusati, Fabrice Gouaud, Niels Gjøl Jacobsen, Aline Kaji, Jessica L. Wilson, Maycon Fontana, Thanasis Petridis, Gabriel Vieira de Carvalho, Meng Jie Liew, Jenn Wei Er We look forward seeing you at ICCE 2024! Learn more: www.icce2024.com #ICCE2024 #coastalengineering #naturebasedsolutions

🌊 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 The future of clean energy is offshore, and accurate marine forecasting is key to making it happen. Our latest blog dives into how advanced forecasting technology supports the growing offshore wind industry, helping to build resilient infrastructure that stands up to nature's challenges. From improving safety to optimising operations, discover how the cutting-edge data used in digital solutions like DHI BlueCast is powering a greener future. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCTbk7Pb #DHIBlueCast #OffshoreWind #MarineForecasting #CleanEnergy #Sustainability

The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel once completed. DHI has been involved in the project since 1997 – from doing pre-investigations to EIA work and to being environmental consultants for Femern A/S starting 2014, assisting in managing hydrography, sediments and marine biology. At this time of the year, we are busy with the yearly floral and fauna monitoring campaigns. Not only is marine life at the seabed monitored, but the seabed sediments itself are also scrutinised to track changes in its characteristics and hence living conditions for plants and animals during the dredging phase. Our divers were out four times in 2023 and have just completed the benthic flora-focused and diver-based monitoring for 2024 with four more campaigns planned this year, to collect biological samples for benthic fauna and biodiversity monitoring and to analyse the layering and the grain size composition of the upper seabed material. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 📸 1: Recording the seabed vegetation. DHI’s biologist Cecilie Borch Devantier logging her observations while the boat is sailing at the lowest possible speed. 📸 2: Claus Jørgensen has ‘caught’ the key species clawed fork weed (Furcellaria lumbricalis) on the video equipment. 📸 3: Diver Mikkel Lund Schmedes from our partner WSP ready to dive down with the sampling tubes. 📸 4: Five tubes of seabed material collected at each station to get a representation of the state of the seabed. The resulting environmental data from previous years’ survey campaigns is publicly accessible on the online data portal ÆGIR. Last year’s results are already available. Have a look if you’re curious! -> https://lnkd.in/efmD8f63

🌊𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀🐟 A dedicated team of researchers and specialists from TotalEnergies and DHI has recently returned from a three-week biodiversity research expedition in the Danish North Sea. The seabed samples collected from several of the Danish Underground Consortium's offshore platforms, along with data from previously deployed underwater sensors, will enhance our understanding of how these platforms attract marine life. This information will support future efforts to protect and preserve biodiversity around offshore structures. 👉Tap to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/d5K4KeVa 📷©️: 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 #biodiversity #artificialreefs

In today's #DHIPeople, we chat with Mark Bailes, who just celebrated his 10th year at DHI. Outside of work, Mark is a qualified cycling guide! Get to know him 👇🏻👇🏻 𝙌: 𝑯𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌! 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 10𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝑯𝑰. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆? Throughout my 10 years at DHI, I have been involved in sales and support of the MIKE software to clients in the United Kingdom and Ireland. My MIKE clients include Engineering Consultants, Environmental regulators, Water companies & Aquaculture companies – so a full spectrum of the MIKE software user base.   I have always been client-facing and speaking to MIKE clients every single day keeps me grounded and reminds me the client should be the focus of everything we do. My MIKE clients ask tough questions and they demand high quality answers to in a timely manner. Providing that support is crucial to securing future MIKE revenue (Service and Maintenance Agreement renewals or new/additional Subscriptions). My role today is to function as the first point of contact for all the UK & Ireland MIKE users. 𝙌: 𝑨 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆? Many of my client interactions start with a frustrated user. For example, their MIKE model might not be working as they expect and they come to DHI wanting our advice. Typically, I will ask a MIKE client to share their model setup and a detailed description of the behaviour they observe. My first job is to try to replicate the behaviour they describe in the current version of the software. If the issue arises because of the model setup then we can provide help and suggestions on how to do things better. If the issue arises because of a software bug then a change to the software will be required.   Support cases often act as an opportunity for me to identify a need to improve a workflow or to add a missing feature to the software. In these cases, I provide feedback to the Product Owners to consider implementation in a future MIKE release. In the case where the client reported an issue (or we identify the workflow could be better), there is a great sense of satisfaction when I can go back to the client at later date and advise them the issue is now resolved or that a new feature has been added to the software. 𝑸: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝑯𝑰? 👉🏻 Tap to read: https://lnkd.in/gS_ENjXp #employeespotlight #staffappreciation