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Humanity has never built so many artificial islands. The motivations are multiple (tourism, real estate speculation, resource monopolization) and those who build them are ready to spend billions of euros to make them emerge from the waters. However, there is a paradox: with climate change and rising waters, these islands have never been so threatened. So, what are they for and why continue to build them? This subject was produced with the support of the National Center for Cinema and Animated Image (ISAN 0000-0006-DF04). ************************************ For further information: Alastair Bonnett's book: The Age of Islands: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the... Detailed article on Dubai's artificial islands and their problems: https://tomorrow.city/a/dubai-man-mad... Studies on the flood risk in Dubai: https://connectwithnature.ae/sites/de... and https://earth.org/data_visualization/... Le Monde's investigation into the artificial islands of the Maldives: https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/articl... On the paradox of Maldives tourism https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/0... https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/... : site listing the Chinese occupation in the South China Sea https://theconversation.com/iles-arti... : Article by Benjamin Blandin in The Conversation on the strategy of islands Chinese artificial ************************************ Find a new video and two new shorts every week on our channel. #staycurious Follow us on our social networks: Facebook: http://expl.tv/Facebook Instagram: http://expl.tv/Instagram TikTok: http://expl.tv/TikTok Snapchat: http://expl.tv/Snapchat