Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by mywittyname on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:13AM
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It must be nice to live in a country that manages their natural resources with an eye towards long-term sustainability.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by peteradio on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:17PM
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Isn't Netherlands bound to flood as ocean levels rise?
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by sangnoir on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:25PM
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The Netherlands been claiming land from the sea for centuries and some areas are already below sea level - I don't think they'll neglect their dykes any time soon.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by ethbr0 on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:14PM
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Since the 1400s; ref polder: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_Neth...
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by avisser on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:47PM
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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.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by Scarblac on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:18PM
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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.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by hollander on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:53PM
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Maybe next century, but not anywhere soon.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by TremendousJudge on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:37PM
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I live in a country with one of the richest water tables in the world. Due to (a forecasted!) drought and lack of planning we're literally running out of water to drink. It's like Saudi Arabia running out of oil, absolutely shameful.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by davidktr on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:46PM
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If they wouldn't, the Netherlands would literally not exist. Not only are large parts of the country below sea level, there is also the constant threat of flooding via Maas (Meuse) and Rhine. Raising levees is not enough, water management in the Netherlands must always look at the whole country.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by gymbeaux on Friday May 19, 2023 @03:24PM
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It won’t be nice when the country is invaded by another country for its water reserves. See: the Middle East
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by saikia81 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:24AM
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their occupation will be succeeded quickly by that of the sea
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by 908B64B197 on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:02PM
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It's a conscious choice the citizens made every day for the last century, just like America chose freedom.
What's the other countries excuses?
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by avgcorrection on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:06PM
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Freedom from what? Britain?
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by kyralis on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:45PM
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Freedom from facts.
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by lovemenot on Friday May 19, 2023 @06:04PM
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Freedom Fries
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by tcfhgj on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:47AM
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Freedom for weapons
Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water...
by throw_pm23 on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:13PM
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With all due respect, the Netherlands is perhaps the furthest a place can be from long-term sustainability. The place is a mix of monoculture + concrete.
https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/nieuws/archief/2023/04/hoger-...