Will Germany’s vanishing Hallig islands survive rising seas?
03 January 2020 |
4:23 pm
Those who live on Germany's tiny Hallig islands have to share their land with the sea which regularly floods it. Some residents of Hooge talk about living with a phenomenon called "Land unter" — literally, land under.
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