Water Ways

LAKE MARKEN, The Netherlands — Marker Wadden is a lush, green, man-made archipelago in a big, gray, man-made lake. Its 25,000 square acres are meant to…

Climate change is bringing heavier rain and bigger storms — new challenges for old cities.Amsterdam is only a few feet above sea level and water has…

By Tristan Baurick, Times Picayune | The AdvocateROTTERDAM, The Netherlands -- Eveline Bronsdijk knew she'd done her job when the people of Rotterdam…

Last summer the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries flooded for months, causing more than $20 billion dollars in damage. Climate change is…

By Tristan Baurick, Times-Picayune | The AdvocateNOORDWAARD, The Netherlands — Vic Gremmer walked through an invisible garden and reached for a doorknob…

The Netherlands is a coastal nation and faces similar threats to Louisiana, like rising seas, stronger storms and a sinking coast. Over the past thousand…

By Tristan Baurick, Times Picayune | The AdvocateTER HEIJDE, The Netherlands — With a surfboard strapped to his feet and the reins of a giant kite in his…

By Tristan Baurick, Times-Picayune | The AdvocateUp close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate.Standing alongside it from one end, where a…

After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana officials sought advice from the Dutch.It makes sense. In the Netherlands, people have been managing water for a…

After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana officials sought advice from the Dutch. Which makes sense: in the Netherlands people have been managing water for about…