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Floating Cities

We humans are land lovers. But we do like to be beside the seaside. Oh we do like to be beside th...

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14.36 27 Jul 2019


Floating Cities


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14.36 27 Jul 2019


We humans are land lovers. But we do like to be beside the seaside. Oh we do like to be beside the sea.

This is reflected in the fact that almost 50% of the people on this planet live in coastal areas.

However, increased urbanisation and global warming mean that a projected 90% of the world’s biggest cities will be exposed to rising sea levels by 2050.

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So what should we do? Move back inland? Our next guest has an alternative solution.

Marc Collins Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Oceanix


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