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Sea levels rise, Rotterdam floats to the top as an example of how to live with water
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PRI: The Maeslant structure is the biggest mobile barrier in the world -- picture a pair of steel lattices twice the size of the Eiffel Tower, lying down on either side of the channel connecting the Netherlands second-biggest city to the North Sea. The Dutch built the massive gate in the 1990s to protect Rotterdam from a storm surge of up to three meters. Series: Living with Rising Seas The oceans are rising. Untold millions in coastal cities around the world are threatened. But the Dutch are proving...
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