Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Netherlands has fought to reclaim land from water ..


A worker takes a coffee break 28 October 1998 after working hard to pile up sand bags in the Noordoostpolder (Northeast polder) near the Dutch village Tollebeek, in The Netherlands. For centuries the low-lying Netherlands has fought to reclaim land from water by creating polders. Now, with flood risk increasing thanks to climate change, it is giving the land back

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