Before revision: Ocean colonization as ocean settlement , being the extending of human settlement to the ocean, has been suggested to be established with floating accommodation platforms, such as very large cruise ships or artificial islands, establishing seasteads, or with underwater habitats, employing offshore construction, with arguments for floating structures, as they are generally less impacted by natural disasters.
After revision: or seasteadingOcean colonization as ocean settlement , being the extending of human settlement to the ocean, has been suggested to be established with floating accommodation platforms, such as very large cruise ships or artificial islands, establishing seasteads, or with underwater habitats, employing offshore construction, with arguments for floating structures, as they are generally less impacted by natural disasters.