How the Dutch Are Building Coastal Protection for Less — With Nature’s Help
The project is the world’s largest experiment in coastal storm and flood defense at a time when climate change is causing seas to rise and storms to intensify.
The project is the world’s largest experiment in coastal storm and flood defense at a time when climate change is causing seas to rise and storms to intensify.
Coastal communities across the world are now facing new climate threats — rising seas, more intense storms, and heavier rain.
Louisiana's flood and storm protection managers closely studied the Netherlands’ well-built, well-maintained system of sea gates and levees, which the Dutch call dikes.
More than 900 streets in the United States are named after King, as are another hundred elsewhere in the world.
Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. But doctors in the world’s euthanasia capital are starting to worry about the consequences.
Aerial photographer Alex MacLean documents Europe's carbon footprint in images.
Dan Grossman traveled to Hamburg and Rotterdam to see how the two European cities could be a model for the United States in preparing for the rising seas. It turns out we still have much to learn.
For centuries, Rotterdam and Hamburg have had to contend with the threat of storm surges and floods. As sea levels rise, planners are looking at innovative ways to make these cities more resilient.
The so-called “Swedish model” of banning the purchase but not the sale of sex is catching on in Europe. But does it work? And for whom?
Even supporters of legal prostitution say that life has gotten harder for Amsterdam's sex workers since the country lifted the brothel ban in 2000.
After being shot by anti-gay gunmen, a young lesbian from Jamaica was granted asylum in the Netherlands.
A former military base in the Netherlands is now home to refugees from all over the world, including Simone, who is fleeing homophobic oppression in Jamaica.