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Oct 7, 2026
Kyle WoodHOST
The Zanclean flood is a prime example of how geological changes shape the planet.
Kyle WoodHOST
Number two: The Netherlands has one of the best systems of dams and storm surge barriers called the Delta Works to prevent ocean flooding.
Kyle WoodHOST
Following a North Sea flood in 1953, the Dutch government initiated the Delta Works project.
Kyle WoodHOST
Rather than just focusing on disaster recovery, they decided to go big on a system of disaster prevention.
Kyle WoodHOST
The system consists of 13 separate dams, dikes, locks, and barriers constructed over four decades.
Kyle WoodHOST
These gates rest on dry land and automatically swing shut when sea level rises beyond a certain threshold.
Kyle WoodHOST
The system protects low-lying areas of the country where nearly one-third of the land sits below sea level.
Kyle WoodHOST
The American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes the Delta Works as one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
CassiettaGUEST
And it's for a good reason.
CassiettaGUEST
It's Delta Works podcast.
CassiettaGUEST
Okay.
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Drag queen.
Paul PetersHOST
So if you want to know more about that, then listen to that bonus episode.
Gordon DarrochHOST
The Netherlands always makes a big show of the success of the Delta Works, this enormous vast engineering project, but the Delta Commissioner has now warned that engineering alone is not going to solve the problem.
Paul PetersHOST
No, technical measures will remain necessary of course, but on their own they will not be enough to prevent all the consequences of droughts, salinization and flooding, particularly in the long term and as weather extremes become more severe, because the message of the report was basically that not everything will continue to be possible Certainly not everywhere and at all times.
Paul PetersHOST
And basically, the commission was looking at agriculture because, of course, that is, I believe, 85% of all the area, the land mass of the Netherlands is used by farmers.