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  • Rat killers in paradise: An eradication program remakes a tropical atoll

    November 10, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: French Polynesia, Tetiaroa Atoll

    Conservationists and scientists eradicated invasive rats from Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia with targeted rat poison bates. The island’s wildlife, including endangered species, and its ecosystem have flourished in response.

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  • Four WA communities tried to end youth homelessness. One is seeing success

    October 28, 2022 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

    Washington’s Anchor Community Initiative helps youth experiencing homeless by improving communities’ response systems with better data, more funding, and better connecting community organizations and specialists.

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  • New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

    October 12, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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  • ‘Pretty remarkable': How Florida got power back for 2 million after Ian

    October 11, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    After 15 years of fortifying the electric grid with swaps like concrete and steel electric poles and underground power lines, Florida utility companies were able to restore power to residents after Hurricane Ian faster than any previous storm.

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  • Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

    October 10, 2022 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Researchers are studying the peatlands in Minnesota to understand how to best enhance their carbon storage and minimize carbon and methane emissions as the climate warms.

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  • How Utah can control dust from the Great Salt Lake — and why it will cost lots of money

    October 10, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To prevent particulate matter air pollution from the dried-out Owens Lakebed, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used a myriad of measures including shallow flooding, tillage, laying gravel, and planting managed vegetation.

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  • ShakeAlert's big test in Santa Rosa earthquake

    September 14, 2022 |

    The Mercury News |

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    Response Location: United States

    The ShakeAlert system uses buried sensors to detect initial earthquake waves and warn residents of the West Coast of the United States to seek cover through cellphone apps.

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  • Tribal, Arizona and Pima County officials work to reunify families

    September 05, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Lawyers, tribes, state agencies, judges, social workers, and a law professor in Arizona worked together to create the Pima County Superior Court's Indian Child Welfare Act Court. Since the court is specialized, cases are processed faster, outcomes have improved, and it protects the best interests of Native American children throughout the process.

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  • How a city eliminated pedestrian deaths

    September 01, 2022 |

    WXYZ-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    A few critical changes have led to an elimination of pedestrian deaths for the past five years. When studies showed that most deaths in Hoboken occurred in intersections and involved either walkers or bikers, the city took action to look for solutions. Bike racks and planters were added to street corners so walkers didn’t have to peer around cars. Red lights for both sides have also been extended so walkers can safely cross.

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  • The Saguaro Solution

    August 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The United States Forest Service, local organizations, and volunteers came together at Tonto National Forest in Arizona to replant cacti in the Sonoran Desert after a wildfire devastated the area. So far, most of the over 700 cacti planted over the past two years have survived.

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