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Isn't Netherlands bound to flood as ocean levels rise?

• sangnoir 3y ago
  The Netherlands been claiming land from the sea for centuries and some areas are already well below sea level - I don't think they'll neglect their dykes any time soon.
  • ethbr0 3y ago
    Since the 1400s; ref polder: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_Netherlands https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_Neth...
  • avisser 3y ago
    The Afsluitdijk just got heightened and reinforced. As someone who's biked across it, I'm psyched because now you can bike on the North Sea side - previously, there was only 1 bike path on the Zuiderzee side. https://theafsluitdijk.com/projects/dike-reinforcement/how/ https://theafsluitdijk.com/projects/dike-reinforcement/how/
  • Scarblac 3y ago
    But we're also a river delta, we will run into problems long term because we'd have to pump entire rivers over the dykes. Also salification and other problems with only pumping out all the time.
• hollander 3y ago
  Maybe next century, but not anywhere soon.