Withglaciers firing off more icebergs into the Atlantic than ever before , it should n’t be surprising that people are see futures that make the most of the dystopian realities a climate - change world could bring . Cities that float around the arctic while eating iceberg lettuce are another one of those futures .
The glacier that kill the Titanic is firing icebergs faster than ever
ThisWaterworld - esque keep simple machine ship is called Arctic Harvester , and it is the brainchild of two Gallic architecture students . The duo were inspire to contrive the floating community during unrelated study on Greenland . They became captivated by the nation ’s unknown juxtaposition of natural resourcefulness abundance . “ An iceberg is an oasis [ of refreshful water ] , ” excuse the design team . “ We had what seemed to us a massive imagination on one hand , and a monolithic lack — no local green goods — on the other . ”
Arctic Harvester capitalizes on the abundance of fresh - piss iceberg by capture them with its round shape . It ’s overcompensate in solar jury to make the most of the endless summertime sunshine . The duo believes these two thing are nearly enough to fire aquicultural gardens that would feed a bunch of 800 . During the darker , wintertime months , they suggest the Harvester could pull power from an onboard osmotic organization , which takes energy from mixing common salt and sweet water .
Arctic Harvester is made more sustainable by being propellor - less . “ The vessel as a whole is designed to drift with the stream that stock the icebergs during the force of their life , often circling on the ocean current between Greenland and the coast of Labrador for up to two old age , before steer in the south past the east coast of the United States , ” tell squad member Meriem Chabani .
TheWeather Channel’sIceberg Huntersdon’t need to occupy yet , as the twosome and Polarisk Analytics are only just set out to expect for investors to make the first generation prototypes . And even if they never come to float , it ’s sure as shooting a cool theme , which makes it more than fit for the arctic . [ Co. Design ]
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