Why Scientists Are Building a Massive 30-Story ‘Artificial Island’ in the Ocean

While some nations cut federal funding to scientific research, others, like China, are building gigantic 30-story semisubmersible research platforms to study the oceans while firmly planted within the ocean itself. Developed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the so-called “Open-Sea Floating Island” is being pitched as the world’s largest all-weather marine research facility. It’s not exactly […]
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