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Netherlands Takes Steps to Save Beaches from Flooding

The Dutch beach in Monster is currently inhabited by bulldozers that are piling sand taken from the bottom of the North Sea into dunes in a determined attempt to protect the Netherlands from flooding.The ambitious project, located 15 miles south of The Hague, is one of several plans in a continued fight against increasing sea levels accredited to global warming."Because it is a low-lying delta, the Netherlands is very sensitive to climate change," Water Management Deputy Minister Tineke Huizinga said to the AFP.

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