CGTN Hot Take: Meet China’s 30-story floating island for deep-sea research

China is building the world’s first floating artificial island designed for all-weather, deep-sea scientific research, a 30-story-tall giant developed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The platform, capable of moving like a ship, can withstand towering waves and level-17 (Category 5) typhoons with winds reaching 250 km/h. With a displacement comparable to a medium-sized aircraft carrier, it will be equipped with cutting-edge scientific instruments. Its massive “moon pool” is so vast that a blue whale could pass through it. It allows researchers to deploy equipment weighing up to 300 tonnes to depths of 6,000 meters – reaching areas even light cannot penetrate.

Set for deployment by 2030, this floating island might just become our “space station” at sea.

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