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"The majority of the Netherlands lies under sea level" Clarification: "26 percent of the country is below sea level" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-clima
by tosseraccount 11y ago
"The majority of the Netherlands lies under sea level"
Clarification: "26 percent of the country is below sea level"
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-seas-idUSTRE61C1V420100213 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-seas-idUSTRE61C1V4...
- Joof 11y agoHow we use language vs reality. It's still a lot though!
- clishem 11y agoThanks for your correction! I was genuinely unaware and made a mistake interpreting a map. The majority of the Netherlands (55%) is actually at risk of flooding. Fun fact I found while checking the source of my mistake; the IPCC report of 2007 also made this error: http://www.pbl.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/content/correction-wording-flood-risks http://www.pbl.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/content/correcti...