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  • Race to Decode Coral DNA to Save World's Reefs From Extinction

    August 28, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    After nearly back-to-back coral bleaching events made headlines internationally, there's been an increased awareness around the need to save what's left of the species. The newest strategy being implemented has to do with genetic technology that helps scientists determine via DNA markers which types of coral may be the most weak and the most resilient. “Scientists’ goal right now should be to take the steps necessary to optimize coral species so that each successive generation is more resilient,” explains marine biologist Ruth Gates. Although still early in its debut, this is the goal of genetic technology.

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  • Alaska's Small Villages Turn Toward Renewables—And Don't Look Back

    August 25, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Buckland, Alaska

    Alaska is a state of remote and rural townships, where everything costs more to access - from food to fuel - and plunging global oil prices have pushed the state economy to the brink of financial crisis. But communities such as Buckland are taking steps to move away from dependence on fossil fuels through the building of renewable energy micro-grids. Wind, geothermal, hydro, and solar power not only help keep the lights on, but are contributing to the stabilization of local economies.

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  • Achoo! Snot-Collecting Drones Are Revolutionizing Whale Research

    August 25, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Gloucester, Massachusetts

    Traditionally, whales have been studied through research vessels, which are hard to maneuver, and costly to make. However, drones with the ability to capture a whale’s snot, are providing a much easier, and cheaper alternative to whale research.

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  • Coral Triage: Scientists Zero in on Reefs With Best Chance of Survival

    August 24, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Coral reefs on the brink of near extinction, but the more we know about the reefs themselves, the better chance they have to survive - or so says a group of coral reef specialists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. This group has implemented a 3-D imaging mapping project at the University of Queensland in Australia with the goal of equipping communities with the knowledge needed to help coral reefs survive another major bleaching event.

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  • We need to change how we bury the dead

    August 24, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Burying the deceased in a traditional casket has shown to have harmful impacts on the environment. Reforming this process by implementing one of the several green options such as cremation, natural burials, or alkaline hydrolysis can lead to not only better environmental health, but also save resources such as money and space.

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  • Could underwater garages solve Boston's parking shortage?

    August 22, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston needs more parking spaces, especially in a neighborhood surrounded by water. It is looking to build an underwater parking garage, like the ones being built in Amsterdam, in order to free up street level space and add more parking to decrease car pollution from driving around searching for a parking spot.

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  • Can an Algorithm Save America's Justice System?

    August 22, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Although the cash bail system has long been used in the US criminal justice system, many argue that it is biased based on socioeconomic levels. To reduce this bias, criminal justice researchers and data scientists have created a new risk assessment tool that uses an algorithm taking age, history of missing court and former crimes into account before making a recommendation on bail.

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  • Tweet Streams: How Social Media Can Help Keep Tabs on Ocean Health

    August 18, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Australia, Queensland

    In an effort to collect data about the environmental health of high traffic destinations, researchers are examining the text and images of geotagged social media posts. Tweets about the Great Barrier Reef were analyzed for relevant information about specifically where people visited, common activities, and common complaints. While people passively provided data by geotagging posts, researchers are also proposing creating hashtags that allow for people to actively communicate data to researchers through social media posts.

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  • These Tree-Planting Drones Are About To Start An Entire Forest From The Sky

    August 10, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Pathein, Ayeyarwady

    Villages along the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar have spent years replanting mangroves in at attempt to restore their ecosystem and guard against the negative effects of climate change, but it is a labor intensive and time-consuming process. Now, with the help of specially-designed tree planting drones from startup BioCarbon Engineering, as many as 10,000 trees can be planted in a single day, using technology that not only distributes seeds in special pods, but is able to calculate optimal soil conditions, locations, and species of tree most likely to survive in any given area.

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  • How Louisville Crowdsourced a Treatment For Asthma Attacks

    August 09, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The Kentucky metro area has some of the worst air quality in the country, leading to concerning rates of asthma and respiratory disease well above the national averages. But a group called AIR Louisville has implemented a creative, crowdsourced solution that utilizes GPS-enabled inhalers to help patients identify and address asthma patterns based on numerous factors such as avoiding heavily-polluted parts of town, and identifying the best treatments based on lifestyle needs.

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