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Ship pollution curbs to stoke global warming – study
Shipping is slowing climate change by spewing out sunlight-dimming pollution but a clean-up needed to safeguard human health will stoke global warming, experts said on Friday.
“So far shipping has caused a cooling effect that has slowed down global warming,” Jan Fuglestvedt, of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO), told Reuters.
“After some [...]
World’s largest solar boat under construction in Germany
Washington, April 12 (ANI): A team of scientists, engineers, and yachtsmen are making what they say will be the largest solar boat ever built, with a view to making a trip around the world.
Planet Solar is being built at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany.
The 13-million-dollar revolutionary vessel will be 98 feet long [...]
Stranded sailors try hard to save their face
Singapore – Driving on the West Coast Highway along Singapore’s port, it’s easy to see the signs of recession.
Cranes that usually move containers 24 hours a day have their booms fixed up in the air. “Hands up,” the seafarers call it.
The view to the horizon, normally obstructed by huge mountains of containers, is now wide [...]
