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Windmills generate electricity adjacent to the dike that turned tidal mudflats into farmland that is now the Dutch province of Flevoland. Measuring 1419 sq km, Flevoland is almost wholly below sea level, and the land continues to drop as the land dries out, but it is protected from the Zuiderzee by dikes and electric pumps.

This photograph is part of a project that examines the global impact of rising sea levels, and the ways different countries and communities are engineering solutions to this growing problem.

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©2012 George Steinmetz
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Rising Seas
Windmills generate electricity adjacent to the dike that turned tidal mudflats into farmland that is now the Dutch province of Flevoland. Measuring 1419 sq km, Flevoland is almost wholly below sea level, and the land continues to drop as the land dries out, but it is protected from the Zuiderzee by dikes and electric pumps.<br /> <br /> This photograph is part of a project that examines the global impact of rising sea levels, and the ways different countries and communities are engineering solutions to this growing problem.

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