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New app could save Puget Sound whales from boat strikes

Boat strikes are a major cause of injury and death for whales. This week, Washington State Ferries implemented...

exterior of boston's community rowing boathouse

Eco-friendly Community Rowing Boathouse boasts a stunning kinetic facade

Cambridge-based Anmahian Winton Architects has designed a new eco-friendly home for the largest public rowing organization...

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World’s first autonomous shipping company launched in Norway

Two Norwegian shipping giants, Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg, have joined together to create what they've described...

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Retractable solar sails to help power “world’s most eco-friendly cruise ship”

Peace Boat has been sailing the world since 1983, laboring to build a culture of peace through education - and...

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Hinckley unveils the world’s first fully electric luxury yacht

Imagine silently slicing through the Long Island Sound on a yacht, wind tousling your hair. That peaceful vision...

Isley In a pumpkin boat

Boston man crosses harbor in a pumpkin boat

Tis the season... to get nuts with pumpkins. Christian Isley of Boston, Massachusetts took infatuation with that...

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Cameroon student nonprofit recycles plastic bottles into boats

Humanity has a plastic bottle addiction - people around the world purchase one million a minute, and many bottles...

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Self-sufficient hydrogen boat embarks on 6-year journey around the world

The world watched in anticipation as the groundbreaking Solar Impulse 2 plane circumnavigated the globe last year....

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Interactive Global Fishing Watch Map to Monitor Activity on the Open Seas

SkyTruth, Oceana, and Google have just announced the release of a prototype interactive map that is designed to...

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New Water Buses Proposed to Help Ease Mass Transit Pressure in Sweden

Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have come up with an innovative addition to the city's...

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Alaskan Earthquake Could Hit California with a Monster Tsunami Costing $700 Million

Photo via Shutterstock Natural disasters tend to strike when we're least prepared. Horrified by the long-term...

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Aether & Hemera Launch a Flotilla of Interactive LED Boats at Canary Wharf

Voyage is an art installation by Aether & Hemera that consists of a flotilla of 300 paper boats sailing along...

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TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

2008 has been an incredible year for green transportation as the world's automakers made strident efforts to green...

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