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The movie Waterworld may have been a 90s flop, but its futuristic floating city could become a reality for some.
With the threat of sea-level rise that could swamp the Maldives, government officials in the island nation debuted plans to build the world s first fully floating city last month.
This bold project could serve as a model for how some communities could survive a future of climate change and rising global sea levels. And oddly enough it looks like Waterworld s atoll city.
The pattern of interconnected homes in the floating city is inspired by coral. Credit: Maldives Floating City
Artist s rendition of the Maldives Floating City (Credit: https://maldivesfloatingcity.com)
The annual 3-to 4-millimeter rise in sea levels is expected to impact many coastal communities in the coming decades. However, few are as vulnerable as the Republic of the Maldives, a collection of more than a thousand picturesque islands in the Indian Ocean. NASA researchers believe that parts of what is arguably the lowest-lying country in the world will become uninhabitable by 2050, due to wave-driven flooding and limited freshwater. To combat the inevitable, the government recently unveiled plans for the world s first true floating island city.
The structures will be protected from tides by the surrounding islands (Credit: maldivesfloatingcity.com)
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