Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Maddie Stoll on Sep 24, 2025 at 1:34 pm September 24, 2025 at 1:35 pm Peter and Brigitte’s floating home uses a ...

Solar panels float on a mountain lake in Switzerland. The first such system was installed in 2008. Gunter Fischer / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Floating solar panels ...

Is living on the water our future? Floating developments, including a project in progress in South Korea, suggest that it’s more than a pipe dream. By Stephen Treffinger This article is part of our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have created a floating droplet electricity generator that turns rainfall into power using water as its own support and ...

About 33 miles south of Phoenix, Interstate 10 bisects a line of solar panels traversing the desert like an iridescent snake. The solar farm’s shape follows the path of a canal, with panels serving as ...

The sun and the sea -- both abundant and free -- are being harnessed in a unique project to create vertical sea farms floating on the ocean that can produce fresh water for drinking and agriculture.

Brazilian and US researchers have evaluated the water evaporation rate of a floating PV system on a Brazilian reservoir. They said that the 130 kW installation reduced evaporation by 60%, and claimed ...

A team of international scientists co-led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a way to manipulate water waves, allowing them to trap and precisely move ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Design for Impact is a series spotlighting architectural solutions for communities displaced by the climate crisis, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies. Many of these ...