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DUTCH DIKES
Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river tradeEuropean drought weakens Dutch dikes, requiring constant monitoring by volunteers. Cargo ships face reduced loads on shallow Rhine and Danu...- To guard Rotterdam from the sea, the Netherlands built two swinging steel arms, each 210 meters long, among the largest moving structures on Earth, closing against storm surgesThe Maeslant Barrier protects Rotterdam from North Sea surges. This massive structure exemplifies Dutch water management expertise and fore...
- Greenpeace, islanders sue Dutch state over rising seas
- Dutch create world's largest man-made waveDubbed the "Delta Flume," the machine, which took three years to build at the Deltares institute, can send waves as high as five metres.
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