Nederland, in Dutch, means "low country." A quarter of the country is below sea level, another quarter is below one meter. Most of the country is made up of deltas for some of Europe's biggest rivers. It also is home to Europe's biggest port.
There is a common saying that "God made the earth but the Dutch made the Netherlands." Much of the country is on land that has been reclaimed from the sea. Global warming will bring unprecedented challenges to the country of 16.5 million people.
The starting in the 1950s, the dutch constructed one of the most elaborate flood protection systems in the world. But the thousands of miles of dikes, dams, sluices, and locks may be useless if the seas rises more than a few meters.
the solution? Floating houses
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