What If Humans Lived Underwater?

Hundreds of years in the future, the surface of the Earth has become unlivable. Vacating our terrestrial settlements, our species migrates into the ocean and begins a new chapter underwater. Could humans build neighborhoods and cityscapes on the ocean floor? Could our species colonize the ocean with bio-domes and giant air bubbles? If the surface of our planet can no longer sustain us, will humans ever live underwater?

Sources:

Will We Ever… Live in Underwater Cities?

About Aquarius

Sub biosphere 2: Designs for a Self-Sustainable Underwater World

Biosphere 2

Water discus | Deep Ocean Technology

Humans Will Live Underwater in 100 Years’ Time as Population Squeezed out of Cities

Ocean Colonies As the Next Frontier

Ocean Spiral, Deep Sea Future City Concept

What is the Surface Area of the Earth?

How Much of the Ocean Have We Explored?

Founder / Director: Peter Schumaker
Chief Editor:Tristan Reed
Science Editors:
Dr. Caroline Palmer-Puschendorf (PhD)
Dr. Sean McKenna (PhD)
Original soundtrack by Joseph McDade

[Koranos]

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[Matthew-rlzf]

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[philboytrummer]

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[kingtutlearning]

Having a surface level habitat with a home underneath would be the best solution. Living underwater is a challenge despite the technologies we have because of underwater pressure. Who knows. Maybe some genius will find a solution to underwater pressure.

[gediminaszalys]

Great video, but the initial reasoning of why such an endeavour would be needed is flawed. Even if the atmosphere is toxic for humans on the surface, it’s much easier creating habitats that are air tight protecting you from the elements on the surface. Dealing with challenges of creating underwater colony adds so much more unnecessary complexity, such as water pressure and much more

[izzynobre]

What a fascinating video on a topic I know next to nothing about. I've read so much about space stations, Dyson spheres, generational ships, that I know all the scifi tropes about them and the engineering challenges in building them. But underwater habitats is something I never read about, and as the end of the video highlights, this could be a more feasible way to extend humanities exploration potential...

[rxscience]

I've actually always wanted to know this. This and cities on the surface of the ocean would be awesome.

[baigandinel]

Doesn't the pressure come from the water itself upon the body? So, we are able to go down in a submarine and not be crushed to death (and likewise to not hallucinate). It would be the same living there.

[PianoMeetsMetal]

Reminds me of Kurzgesagt, but that's not a bad thing.
I love these kind of animated videos that cover theories and scientific ideas.
Really helps inform me of potential happenings in the future, and gives me something to watch in my freetime.
Glad to see Koranos for the first time today. Hope they grow to big channel so we can watch many more of these videos from them.

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[johnconner]

Nuclear submarines can support their crews fairly independently, and Oil companies regularly build sophisticated structures on the seabed

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[knighthunter]

I’ve never thought of building underwater communities to escape a world wide disaster, I know there was an experiment where 15 people were put into a vacuum sealed complex to inmate what it would be like to live in an inclosed environment, but not the experiments stated in this video.

This is why I love this channel, the content and art and voicing is just phenomenal.

[RexGalilae]

4:51

Kinda being nitpicky here but why would I have to deal with bends while navigating my own home? Wouldn't the pressure inside be regulated to a uniform <1 atm everywhere anyway just like in space? I'm guessing I'd only have to deal with bends when swimming outside

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