Mangrove forests protect land against erosion from wind, water and storms.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

"Since we have introduced the feed-in tariff, we have seen a strong increase in the production of power from wind,from biomass and from solar power.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

A memorial sign where his plane crashed contains lines from his song "Windsong": "So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Warm air rising from below causes the wind tube to reach toward the ground.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

He was kind and gentle, very different from the place he lived in where the wind blew the sea high and threw ships agaist the rocks.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

White curtains hung from the windows and floated in the soft summer wind.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Tornadoes can be measured using wind speed information from Doppler radar systems.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

And it's from low-flying airplanes each spring that pilots sow the rice crop by tossing seeds from 900-kilo bags into the wind.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Meteorologists and aviation authorities are monitoring wind direction and the ash cloud's movement from Iceland to determine where and when to shut down airspace in Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"Now it's a lot more organized." Competitors tee off from cement tee pads, working their way along a beautiful disc course that winds around cornfields, wind turbines,and a football field.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"It's because we have the prevailing wind at the moment coming from the north, pulling the material down towards Western Europe that we're seeing the impact on the travel of so many people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"The next thing is to work out how technology can be transferred from rich countries to poor countries and this will involve things like investment in renewable energy, investment in wind power and solar, investment in more efficient power stations,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04