内容摘要：Esther Bote, 14, walks to school with her friends on the periphery of Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Esther Bote, 14, walks to school with her friends on the periphery of Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas atLES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (AP) — When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard

spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel.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)Magdy reported from Cairo, and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman contributed to this report from Tel Aviv.

Follow AP’s war coverage atJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday it launched a major military operation in the

to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a negotiating team to remain in Qatar for indirect talks with the militant group.Defense Minister Israel Katz said Operation Gideon Chariots was being led with “great force.” Netanyahu had vowed to escalate pressure with the aim of destroying the militant group that has ruled Gaza for nearly two decades.