“Venice 2.0: First Floating City Launches in Maldives as Rising Seas Disrupt Tourism”
MALÉ — Dutch architect Koen Olthuis’ Waterstudio inaugurated the $4.3B Oceanix complex this month – a blockchain-managed archipelago housing 20,000 residents and “climate refugees” from sinking Pacific islands. Powered by OTEC thermal energy and featuring coral-regeneration drones, this prototype could redefine coastal urbanization ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference…
Includes interviews with marine biologists, controversy over “blue gentrification,” and hyperloop connections to Dubai’s Mars Science City.