A Japan research team dares to ask: Can typhoons be controlled?
Researchers in Yokohama are probing whether tropical cyclones can be weakened or diverted, with energy they produce also tapped to generate power.
Source: japantimes.co.jp
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As climate change contributes to more powerful Pacific storms, a new research center wants to better understand the threats they pose and utilize the energy they generate to help Japan reach zero carbon emissions.
Tokyo Bay Japan General Hironori Fudeyasu Nagoya University Technology Research Center Yokohama National University
Source: dw.com
Japan's first typhoon research institute opens at Yokohama National University
The center also aims to promote research to make typhoons into a source of renewable energy that can contribute to Japan's goal of achieving carbon neutrality.
Hironori Fudeyasu Technology Research Center Kyoto University Keio University Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Meteorological Research Institute
Source: japantimes.co.jp
Japan's 1st typhoon research institute opens at Yokohama Nat'l Univ.
A research institute solely dedicated to studying typhoons opened earlier this month at Yokohama National University near Tokyo, becoming the first of its kind in Japan, a country that regularly suffers typhoon damage.
Hironori Fudeyasu Technology Research Center Kyoto University Keio University Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Meteorological Research Institute
Source: kyodonews.net