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CrowdScience: Could humans live in underwater cities?

Could Humans Live in Underwater Cities?

17/08/2018 GMT

Could humans live in underwater cities?

BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Could humans live in underwater cities?

Could oceanic cities become a reality, and how might they be built?

Marnie Chesterton dons her flippers in search of oceanic pioneers who have designed and lived in underwater habitats, and explores ambitious plans for undersea colonies.

The idea of creating underwater habitats has captured the imagination of writers, thinkers and scientists for decades. However, despite numerous grand visions, these dreams of aquatic metropolises have not yet come to fruition. Crowdscience listener and scuba enthusiast Jack wonders whether - given improved technology and the growing environmental pressures facing humans on land - it is time to reconsider the ocean as an alternative permanent living space for humans.

Marnie Chesterton dons her flippers for Crowdscience in search of the oceanographers and architects who have dedicated their lives to designing vessels, labs and underwater habitats. She explores whether oceanic cities remain a sci-fi dream or a realistic solution to some of our modern challenges. Can the oceans’ largely unexplored resources be harnessed to support living underwater?  

(Photo: Illustration of a modern city under the sea. Credit: Getty Images)

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