IJBURG, AMSTERDAM - Small docks and communal walkways link the floating houses built on a lake in east Amsterdam. Secured by sliding collars to steel pilings, the houses can rise and fall during floods and storms. (Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)

Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines: "IJBURG, AMSTERDAM - Small docks and communal walkways link the floating houses built on a lake in east Amsterdam. Secured by sliding collars to steel pilings, the houses can rise and fall during floods and storms. (Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)"

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ST. PETERBURG, RUSSIA - Two curved steel gates, each more than 350 feet long, can swing shut to protect St. Petersburg, Russia, from Baltic Sea storms, which have flooded it repeatedly over the past three centuries. Completed in 2011, the gates are part of a 16-mile-long flood barrier that also carries a new highway. (Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)

Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines: "ST. PETERBURG, RUSSIA - Two curved steel gates, each more than 350 feet long, can swing shut to protect St. Petersburg, Russia, from Baltic Sea storms, which have flooded it repeatedly over the past three centuries. Completed in 2011, the gates are part of a 16-mile-long flood barrier that also carries a new highway. (Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)"

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FLEVOLAND - Flanked by windmills, this dike protects farmland that is almost entirely below sea level. Dikes and continuous pumping keep more than a quarter of the country from reverting to swamp or open water. ( Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)

Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines: "FLEVOLAND - Flanked by windmills, this dike protects farmland that is almost entirely below sea level. Dikes and continuous pumping keep more than a quarter of the country from reverting to swamp or open water. ( Photograph by George Steinmetz/National Geographic)"

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Superstorm Sandy narrowed New Jersey's beaches by more than 30 feet on average. At Seaside Heights it swept away the pier under the roller coaster. (Photograph by Stephen Wilkes/National Geographic)

Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines: "SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY - Superstorm Sandy narrowed New Jersey's beaches by more than 30 feet on average. At Seaside Heights it swept away the pier under the roller coaster. (Photograph by Stephen Wilkes/National Geographic)"

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Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines

Nat Geo's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment | Nat Geo Mag's 'Rising Seas': The impact of carbon emissions on our environment - Yahoo! News Philippines: "The cover of the September 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine. © National Geographic"

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