ilhas artificiais

Science and Technology

Vietnam dumps sand in the South China Sea and transforms disputed reefs into artificial islands with an area equivalent to more than 1,500 football fields, builds 15 ports in the Spratly Islands, and expands bases in the ocean while challenging Chinese pressure in one of the most tense maritime regions on the planet.

Ana Alice 14/06/2026 at 23:50

Ports and Shipyards

China builds at sea an automated terminal of 2.23 million m², equivalent to 312 football fields, with 7 berths for giant ships, 26 remote cranes, and 130 driverless vehicles to move up to 8 million containers per year and keep Shanghai ahead of Singapore, Ningbo-Zhoushan, and Shenzhen in global logistics.

Valdemar Medeiros 20/05/2026 at 17:17

Interesting facts

Gigantic island with 400 empty buildings in China exposes a billion-dollar megaproject surrounded by ghost cities, 14 km² of artificial land, and plans for 700,000 residents who never arrived, revealing the silent collapse of global urbanism.

Alisson Ficher 30/04/2026 at 20:43

Interesting facts

The lost city of Nan Madol challenges logic by emerging in the middle of the Pacific with canals, geometric islands, and tons of stone that were moved without known technology.

Caio Aviz 08/04/2026 at 16:31

Interesting facts

Since the Aztecs, farmers in Mexico have built artificial islands surrounded by canals and maintain a highly productive system that still challenges the logic of conventional agriculture today.

Débora Araújo 04/04/2026 at 16:42

Interesting facts

$14 Billion Islands In Dubai, Designed As A Luxurious Map Of The World, Sink, Distort The Sea, Become Ghost Archipelago And Serve As A Brutal Warning Against Trying To Challenge Nature

Carla Teles 17/02/2026 at 15:05

Construction

Singapore Pushes Back The Sea, Creates Entire Neighborhoods On Artificial Islands, Moves Over 200 Million Cubic Meters Of Dredged Soil, And Builds A Mega Logistics Port That Redefines Urbanism In Southeast Asia — Tuas Megaport Land Reclamation

Débora Araújo 21/01/2026 at 15:11

Construction

Millions Of Cubic Meters Of Rock Removed From Tunnels And Construction Projects In Hong Kong Were Not Wasted: They Were Reused In Landfills That Created New Neighborhoods And Infrastructure Over The Sea

Geovane Souza 04/01/2026 at 15:45

Construction

With Maritime Dikes, Artificial Islands, and Billions in Coastal Works, Indonesia Tries to Curb the Rapid Sinking of Jakarta and Prevent the Capital from Being Swallowed by the Sea

Débora Araújo 02/01/2026 at 11:27

Interesting facts

With 23 Miles of Crossings Between Bridges and Two Underwater Tunnels, This Road ‘Disappears’ Into the Sea and Connects Two Regions

Alisson Ficher 26/12/2025 at 21:19

Science and Technology

Satellite Images Reveal How China Created Artificial Islands After 12 Years of Dumping Sand Into the Ocean and Transforming Reefs Into Dry Land

Noel Budeguer 26/12/2025 at 13:27

Interesting facts

Tree Falls in the Amazon Revealing Ancient Archaeological Mystery, Containing Seven Funeral Urns Beneath Its Roots, and Researchers Discover Ancestral Rituals with Indigenous Engineering of Artificial Islands

Geovane Souza 10/11/2025 at 14:14