The Freedom Ship, a proposed self-contained ocean metropolis, and other similar concepts have yet to become a reality.

Permanent floating bridges are essentially boutique structures that only make sense for certain rare kinds of sites: unusually deep bodies of water and bodies of water with very soft bottoms, where ...

Countries like Kiribati, a nation of low-lying coral atolls in the Pacific, will likely disappear entirely. This is why Kiribati is among the countries to have explored the possibility of artificial ...

The United Nations — The corridors and meeting rooms here bustled this week with a familiar-sounding mix of sessions, on “policy options for low fertility,” the launch of “The State of Pacific Youth ...

A scale model of Oceanix City, a concept capable of supporting more than 10,000 residents, will be featured in the Smithsonian’s upcoming ‘Futures’ exhibit Elissaveta M. Brandon | Contributing Writer ...

Settlements that float on water have been touted as a potential solution to Earth's rising sea levels and increasing extreme weather events. There was a faint drizzle in the afternoon air as I stepped ...