https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/turbine/ Recent content in Turbine on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/whale-wind-turbine/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/whale-wind-turbine/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/whale-wind-turbine/i-37-7d8-8-1c.jpg" alt="Humpback whales flout conventional hydrodynamics by sporting 10 to 11 tubercle bumps along the front edge of their flippers. Christopher M. Keane" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Humpback whales flout conventional hydrodynamics by sporting 10 to 11 tubercle bumps along the front edge of their flippers. Christopher M. Keane</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/whale-wind-turbine/i-38-7d8-8-1c.jpg" alt="A Whalepower &#39;Tubercle Technology&#39; turbine blade. Whalepower" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>A Whalepower &#39;Tubercle Technology&#39; turbine blade. Whalepower</figcaption> </figure> <p>According to conventional wisdom, things that need to move efficiently through air or water should be sleek and streamlined. Dolphins, jets and Olympic swimmers stick to this rule, but humpback whales, with their massive knobby-edged flippers, buck the trend.</p>