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Tides of change: Amid rising sea levels, the Dutch float new initiatives with farms and more homes on water Singapore

Tides of change: Amid rising sea levels, the Dutch float new initiatives with farms and more homes on water

AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: In the middle of Rotterdams Merwehaven port where ships used to dock, there now stands a floating dairy farm.  A three-storey facility spanning 1,800 square metres, the farm is home to 35 cows and 4 newly born calves since o…
bubmag
September 15, 2019
Tides of change: From fighting against the seas to living with it – How the Netherlands kept itself dry Singapore

Tides of change: From fighting against the seas to living with it – How the Netherlands kept itself dry

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: More than 66 years on, it is still remembered and referred to as the national disaster. In the wee hours of Jan 31, 1953, a ferocious storm from the North Sea broke through the dykes protecting the south of the Netherlands, overwhelmi…
bubmag
September 15, 2019