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As the climate warms and sea levels rise, Dutch visionaries in the Netherlands foresee hundreds of thousands of people living in 'floating' cities. A hint of what the future could bring lies in Amsterdam, where conventional-looking homes are built on Styrofoam platforms that rise with the tide or flood waters.

PHOTO: Susan Taylor Martin/Newscom/File

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