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Through satellite imagery and drone footage and, you know, talking to other locals around here, trying to understand the historical data of how sandbanks appear and disappear. five years ago, sarah partnered up with the scientists from the self—assembly lab at mit, the massachusetts institute of technology in the us. the growing islands project is about naturally accumulating sand in the ocean without sculpting or pumping sand, but letting the ocean accumulate it on its own and guiding it, or collaborating with the ocean to promote the accumulation in certain areas where you want it or need ...

That the people live and adapt. in fact, you can see that the locals have really made the most of this particular idyllic paradise. so we have two seasons predominantly in the maldives. one is the southeast and the northwest monsoons. and, you know, literally, during these seasons, we say we see sand shifting and we see sand eroding from one end and then building up on another end. and as a physicist, i thought, you know, can we use this? sarah dole is sri lankan, but has been living in the maldives for over a decade, and has dedicated herself to studying this natural shift of sand to find a w...

On a brand—new one. so, we're standing on an artificial island? exactly. two—and—a—half years ago, - this was a very small sandbank which has been artificially- reclaimed into an island now. and you've reclaimed it by dredging sand from the ocean? we've dredged sand - from the nearby lagoon. and right now, this is the size of eight football fields. - how much sand do you need to do that? we have put in almost the equivalent of 100 olympic swimming pools. - this will soon be a luxury resort. but the trouble with building this way is it massively damages the environment. disturbed sand s...

Our hypothesis is that the reason sand accumulates in certain areas and not others is due to the relationship of the geometry underwater and the force of the oceans. and so, what we do is we design different geometries, we test them in the lab, we see which geometries accumulate more sand, and then we implement those at full scale in the maldives. this is the beginnings of a new island built on sandbags. and you can see where the sand has accumulated using the forces of nature. it's been here for about two years. it's 20 metres long, it's about four metres wide and about 1.5 metres above the s...

Will give us the answer. here in the maldives, sandbanks like this appear and disappear. they constantly change size and shape according to the seasons and the ocean's forces. and that really influences the way that the people live and adapt. in fact, you can see that the locals have really made the most of this particular idyllic paradise. so we have two seasons predominantly in the maldives. one is the southeast and the northwest monsoons. and, you know, literally, during these seasons, we say we see sand shifting and we see sand eroding from one end and then building up on another end. and ...