内容摘要：“In place of having a dump, it’s as if we dug into the earth and found hydrocarbons that can be used by our community,” he said.

“In place of having a dump, it’s as if we dug into the earth and found hydrocarbons that can be used by our community,” he said.

Now, the 66-year-old Swiss adventurer behindis aiming higher, in hopes of heading toward greener commercial flight than that of fossil fuel-powered planes today — this time using super-cold liquid hydrogen.

From a workshop on France’s Atlantic coast, Piccard and partners are ramping up Climate Impulse, a project started last February to fly a two-seater plane around the globe nonstop over nine days fueled by what’s known as green hydrogen. That’s hydrogen split out of water molecules using renewable electricity through a process called electrolysis.The Climate Impulse team, whose backers include Airbus and a science incubator called Syensqo (pronounced “science-co”) born from Belgian pharmaceuticals company Solvay, presented its first-year progress to reporters Thursday in Les Sables d’Olonne, an oceanside town better known as host to the Vendee Globe round-the-world sailing race.The Climate Impulse, a plane powered by liquid hydrogen, is displayed in a hangar in Les Sables d’Olonne, France on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Yohan Bonnet)

The Climate Impulse, a plane powered by liquid hydrogen, is displayed in a hangar in Les Sables d’Olonne, France on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Yohan Bonnet)First test flights are planned next year, but the grueling round-the-world trip is set for 2028. Made with lightweight composites, the plane is dependent on several untested innovations and is far from a sure bet.

Piccard says a major airplane manufacturer wouldn’t take on the risk of producing a prototype such as Climate Impulse in case it fails.

”It’s my job to be a pioneer,” he said in an interview. “We have to show it’s possible, then it’s a big incentive for the others to continue.”Palestinians evacuate after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for several schools and a hospital in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel has vowed to facilitate what it refers to as the voluntary migration ofto other countries, which many Palestinians and others view as

Israel wants to “ensure the forced displacement of people from the area” by putting hospitals out of service, said Rami Shurafi, a board member of al-Awda hospital.The Indonesian hospital, once the largest in northern Gaza, has been surrounded by Israeli troops, who were positioned about 500 meters (545 yards) away. Drones have hovered above, monitoring any movement, since Sunday, an aid group that supports the hospital said.