By now you probably realize that we here at DSN are more than ready to burn our terrestrial dwellings down in favor of living among sea creatures in some oceanic utopia. To our list of potential inhabitable salty structures comes a venture from Peter Thiel. Thiel is founder of PayPal, a Google Engineer, and . . . → Read More: Floating Cities
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By Dr. M, on  July 13th, 2011  4 comments  Art, Vessels and Equipment  architecture, design, homes, ocean living, Seasteading Institute By Dr. M, on August 1st, 2010 Leave a comment Archaeology, History, and Art, Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Critters, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research 'Oro, ahu, architecture, Biomass, Carbon, chlorophyll, climate change, Coral, flux, global warming, Gulf of Mexico, marae, Mo'orea, phytoplankton, POC, Polynesia, SST, The Tide Pool, Thorium An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new paper by Boyce, Lewis, and Worm from Dalhousie University, provides clear evidence of decreasing phytoplankton biomass over the last century. The researchers used a blended dataset of ~450,000 measurements of chlorophyll consisting of field measurements of . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity
By Dr. M, on February 15th, 2010 5 comments Gadgets & Gear, Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment architecture, carbon footprint, concept, design, gyre, Zigloo Gyre from Ziglio Zigloo Designs proposes the Gyre, a structure part ocean research laboratory, port, sky-scraper, hotel, resort. Reaching depths of 400m, Gyre would reach into the depths of the sea the equivalent of the Empire State Buildings height. The “deepscraper” would possess a small carbon footprint. “Its unique design permits the simultaneous application of . . . → Read More: The Gyre, A Deepscraper
By Dr. M, on August 3rd, 2009 3 comments Art, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment architecture, floating, houseboat, Netherlands, sustainability, Waterstudio Cruise terminal at the Palm Jebel Ali, for Dubai illustration from Waterstudio.NL Waterstudio is an inspiring design house in the Netherlands dedicated to architecture “in, on and at the water.” At Design 51 you can read an interview with architect Koen Olthuis, co-founder of Waterstudio. The biggest challenges are stability and sustainability. We want to . . . → Read More: Living On The Water
By Dr. M, on March 26th, 2009 7 comments Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment architecture, condo, Dubai, Gulf of Mexico, hotel, luxury, Morris Architects, offshore oil rigs, oil derricks, prefab Courtesy of Morris Architects. In the future oil derricks will be luxury hotels and condos, and people wil ski around them in beautiful formations Thousands of offshore oil rigs dot the ocean with nearly 4,000 in the Gulf of Mexico ready to be decommissioned. What do we with all those derricks? Luxury Hotels Morris Architects . . . → Read More: Offshore Luxury Condos
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