German ship fights climate change with high-tech kite
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HAMBURG, Germany  - Turning ocean winds into gold while cutting greenhouse emissions in the process might sound like some sort of alchemy for the 21st century.
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Denmark catches the most wind for power. Japan absorbs the most sun. Now Britain wants to rule the waves. Wave and tidal stream machines are the latest exploratory technology
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An eco-entrepreneur says climate control will be very expensive and a new approach is required to spread the costs of action.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 29 (IPS) - The European Parliament has made a strong demand  ahead of a conference on global warming next week to include  aviation and shipping within the Kyoto Protocol.
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German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their ...
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
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Germans love their fast cars, but they also love nature, and their country is setting a bar for the world in developing the technologies to replace oil.
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A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the oceans is tested by US scientists.
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The controversial tilt-rotor aircraft has defied its critics with its performance to date in its harsh new landscape.
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Outfitting swans with super-light Teflon backpacks containing solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters is the latest way scientists and researchers are trying to fight the spread of avian influenza.
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Science & environment: General Electric plans wind generators with blades the size of a jumbo jet's wingspan.
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Forget e-mail. How about space mail? In an experiment combining elements of a package delivery service, the sport of kite surfing and a REALLY big fishing reel, Russian and European engineers on Tuesday sought to pioneer a technology that could be used in the future to retrieve cargo from space.
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The world's first cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela.
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PHILADELPHIA _ A submersible, robotic glider that took on the frigid waters of the Antarctic has wowed oceanographers by collecting in 24 days almost as much data as research vessels had gathered in 12 years.
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BERLIN, Feb 15 (IPS) - Germany is blowing more wind into energy with the   setting up of new offshore facilities. Germany already has the  world's  largest installed capacity for wind energy.
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Scientists are embarking on a project which will explore how global warming is devastating one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, coral reefs.
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Re-usable craft can carry a 0.5-kilogram payload up one kilometer in three seconds.