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Sea levels are rising faster and faster, threatening 700 million people who live on the world’s coasts. Will water become the habitat of the future? Visionary projects for a life with the tides are forging ahead worldwide.
Experts forecast that by 2100, sea levels will be two meters higher than they are today. This could force 40 percent of the world’s population out of their homes, for example, in Mumbai, Tokyo, Guangzhou or Bangladesh. The US won’t be spared either. Miami, New Orleans and New York would also have to be evacuated. Entire city districts would be under water. Climate change would drastically alter our metropolitan areas.
That’s why ideas that originated in science fiction have now becoming reality. Floating and underwater buildings could become places of refuge. What sounds like a utopia is soon to become reality. The first pioneers are already living in floating neighborhoods. Could the South Pacific paradise of Tahiti also be saved in this way?
This is still all tantalizing luxury. Visionary hotel operators offer rooms with an underwater view. Or dinner during which fish and marine life are a feature in floating restaurants. Many of these futuristic plans involve water. Will we be farming on the sea? Will the “SeaOrbiter” floating research station designed by Parisian architect Jacques Rougerie get underway soon? Or will we walk through seaports on floating boulevards?
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I wonder who's doing these calculations of sea levels raised by 60m. This doesn't seem right at all.
Please redo the calculations because you guys are wrong by a lot.
DW You do excellent Documentaries. Thank you!
Climate Change is being happening for billions of years way before humans there's no such thing that humans can cause it unless you want to make money selling batteries and solar system. don't believe it ?
go and check
Water give life and also take it
As per some of the comments below, I would think doing more than painting this as an answer, but an in-depth analysis of possibilities AND drawbacks…any boat owner knows being on the water means very high maintenance costs…ecological impact (since undoubtably all these people will want highly polluting motorboats), and what happens when these things age…so much material in the dump…then there is sewage and water disposal…and do the remaining above water lands become all industrial? We have to stop pretending we can find ways to carry on "as usual" and find ways to reduce our impact rather than expand them. There are serious ownership and taxation issues with this as well, easements for current waterfront owners etc. I love these documentaries where we are at least talking about it, but only covering the "fun ideas" is not good journalism. No one is talking about reducing our numbers or our per capita consumption. This is a war, and we rationed during wars…what the heck is the matter with us now? (been taking the rationing approach for more than 15 years now, and have no kids…this has allowed me to make my own choices and has given me a massive amount of financial freedom)
Isn't the cure worse than the disease? I can think of a hundred problems of living on water in a two storey home.
Oh the seaorbiter, i’ve seen the big model irl twice in the last 10 years, France is so smart when it comes to the ocean. Cousteau and Verne were my childhood idols
31:04 Absolutely – yes.
How many Rohinga refugees did the “developed rich” countries take? How about none? Where did they end up? Bangladesh and India.
This old guy may be an Architect with fancy ideas but suffers from prejudices about those brown people in poor countries.
hopefully the dutch will soon rot under water. greetings from south africa
Nedeland is en klote land geworden, WEF kolonie.
If all of let's say Europe is covered by water how shall we get drinking water and food? Water is not just water and shall we build floating farmland?
Waterworld kevin Costner knew what was coming
Crazy documentary
False
Shanghai wouldn't flood, they can easily build flood gates
this will not work long term.
the end of the last ice age created the coasts we have today, it is just the planet doing what the planet does.
Glad to see Jaques Custuao getting a call out. the man was a visionary.
We have since along time ago, times with naturally climat changing days etc
Is not new
What you like develop? You like develop more catastrophies, that people died? Or?
But you need a lot of money to live on the water
That’s terrible they should build strong flood walls in bangladesh
Dutch seems to be most progressive nation on planet at the moment. Love them
i like water
I not be investing in to property much, witch it not be that safe. I reader investing as nation together do something about climate change. And as You all , I hope know , unfortunately You cant live one day on MARS , as Musk think so. Sorry real reality is real and if nothing about it will happened, You will all swim very soon. As lost Atlántida, in time ,in back in time .
We must built ice cap submarines that can prevent ice caps that are melting that’s important that project cost 4 or 5 billions of dollars
There’s no choice we must stop climate change and built ice cap submarines and floating lands and cities and underwater cities that has strong break glass that doesn’t break
Ice cap submarines can prevent sea levels why because so it can covert to fresh water to strong ice
this still feels outdated. cooling the house because it sits on water? No, all sea life is going to die because sea water is warming up and absorbing the excess carbon dioxide in our air from human life. we need to cool the water. Even better yet, return the Earth back to it's natural state.
And… the rich will live on land. The poor will have to live on the sea, and they cannot afford these concept houses.
Whoa i can barely afford to go slay the mountains in my area let alone on a different continent
How do you get food to your house if sourundled by water
We can't stop global warming…
The speaker’s voice sounds like the speaker at ted i have once heard
It's a great idea in a way and works well for now but there will be much bigger Strom's and waves ,so the floating homes will be smashed by waves higher then you think,so cities and living under water is a better idea ,don't waste money and time on floating homes
"Life with the Tides" explores innovative solutions to the looming threat of rising sea levels. It's both inspiring and thought-provoking, showcasing how human creativity can adapt to the challenges of climate change. Thank you for presenting these visionary projects for a more resilient future.
The weather and climate are about the same as when I was born.
Their climate change predictions have been wrong for more than 40 years.
I've never heard anyone in my country (Australia) acknowledge what a life affected by global warming would be like for us here.
I wonder if that's part of what we need
And what happens in an event where earthquake hits the cables and they disconnect straight into the water
and this idiot is proud to live in his place. It's a death trap, this guy Sasha is delusional
Man, sick in the head, refugees are coming let's let all fall and run to the ocean…. CRAZY
Amazing crotex land vilage
Too much debris on the ocean floon
blah blah blah this will never happen because no one will pay for it! People will have to relocate and relocate until they run out of land
Interesting video Thanks for letting me know such an important information about our planet
After devastating the land habitat now humans have moved towards spoiling the Aquatic life. It's the catastrophic indication for extinction of millions of Marine life.