DUTCH DIKES
Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade
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 surges- 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.06 Oct, 2015, 08.36 AM IST
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