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Why Did India Have Ten Million Fewer Childhood Deaths Than Predicted?

Chhavi Sachdev

September 23, 2017 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

The Million Death study revealed that the child mortality rate in India has decreased over the past 15 years. These results are most likely due to vaccine drives, free diagnostics, more health clinics and other such improvements.

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These Solar Farms Have A Secret Hiding Under Them: Mushrooms

Adele Peters

September 22, 2017 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Japan, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

As populations urbanize and the disparity between city and country grows, farmers in Japan are facing increasing economic challenges and a shortage of new farmers to work the land. But a new scheme may help farms to be more profitable by creatively doubling the productivity of their land. New projects allow farmers to grow produce or graze livestock beneath large swaths of solar panels, generating income from both energy sold to the grid as well as more traditional agricultural means.

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Sleep deprivation can rapidly reduce the symptoms of depression

Rich Haridy

September 19, 2017 |

New Atlas |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Sleep deprivation can help alleviate depression, but only in the short-term. This discovery may be helpful to implement in future treatments for depression.

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Farming in Alaska is increasingly possible

Krista Langlois

September 18, 2017 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Homer, Alaska

Historically, farming has been very difficult in Alaska, making certain food products very expensive, and leading to a lack of locally grown food. However, due to climate change and new technology, farming is increasingly possible.

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The Seri adapt to climate change in the desert

Sarah Amandolare

September 18, 2017 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, El Desemboque

A group who is being affected the most by climate change in the Sonoran Desert is also working to fight climate change using both tradition and new technology. The Seri are a small tribe whose ecological knowledge has helped them survive in harsh conditions for 2,000 years. This knowledge is being harnessed and combined with new education to help them weather the rapid climate change that is rapidly changing the delicate ecology they have lived in. Hopefully this work can help other groups in similar situations.

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As oceans acidify, shellfish farmers respond

Maya L. Kapoor

September 18, 2017 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Puget Sound, Washington

The oceans are acidifying at an alarming rate due to human-influenced climate change, and the effects are proving detrimental to our food chain and the marine ecosystem - especially shellfish, which are literally crumbling due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide. But shellfish farmers, governments, and scientists are striving to respond with a variety of solutions that vary from the short-term, such as altering methods for growing shellfish for improved harvest, to the bigger picture, seeking ways to decrease CO2 emissions on a global scale.

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A Down Payment With a Catch: You Must Be an Airbnb Host

Tara Siegel Bernard

September 18, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

A Seattle-based entrepreneur has a creative idea to help people buy their first homes: give them money for a down payment, provided that they pay the money back by listing an extra room in their homes on Airbnb. Though unconventional, the enterprise (called Loftium), aims to help people overcome the hurdle of paying a large down payment. It is hoping to make home ownership accessible to people all across the country.

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After single payer failed, Vermont embarks on a big health care experiment

Carolyn Y. Johnson

September 17, 2017 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Hospitals in Vermont received upfront lump-sum payments to manage the care of patients assigned to them. The pilot project involved 30,000 Medicaid patients and was intended to incentivize providers to keep the patients healthy. However, it remains unclear whether this system and similar efforts across the country can improve health outcomes while reducing costs.

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This Tiny Country Feeds the World

Frank Viviano Luca Locatelli

September 15, 2017 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Wageningen

By using new technology and shared knowledge, the Dutch have become global leaders in agricultural innovation and solutions to fight famine. Work being done at Wageningen University & Research has allowed farmers in the Netherlands to grow crops year-round and in all kinds of weather, while eliminating the use of chemical pesticides and reducing the dependence on water by as much as 90 percent at some farms. Exporting these techniques to other countries has its challenges, but international graduate students are working to implement these programs in their home regions to help people experiencing hunger.

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The Machine and the Mosquito

Greg Noone

September 15, 2017 |

How We Get to Next |

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Response Location: Swaziland

Mosquito transmitted diseases are only becoming more prevalent due to climate change, posing a global health risk. Various methods are being tested such as genetic modification and gene drives, Project DiSARM-uses technology to map where to spray insecticide, and introduction of Wolbachia-a bacterial disease that decreases mosquitos' ability to reproduce-into the environment.

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