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‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

Ellie Kuckelman

April 17, 2023 |

The Reader |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nebraska

Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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Feed Seaweed to the Cows!

Anna Lionas

March 21, 2023 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Australia

Australian company Future Feed sells the license to grow a type of red seaweed that reduces over 80% of the methane cows emit from burping. To produce that effect, a small amount of the seaweed is fed to the cows freeze-dried or as an oil.

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Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

Emiko Terazono Alice Hancock

March 19, 2023 |

Financial Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

Agricultural microbial technology can be used to create different soil applications like fertilizers and fungicides. These products can improve soil health and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by the industry.

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Science for All: A documentary on citizen science

Manon Verchot Sanshey Biswas

January 24, 2023 |

Neighbird |

Documentary |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Citizen scientists in India are using apps like iNaturalist to contribute to scientific research on biodiversity. They help fills gaps in data by adding photos of plants and animals to the app for researchers to assess.

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The plan to save Italy's dying olive trees with dogs

Agostino Petroni

January 17, 2023 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy, Parabita, Puglia

The Xylella Detection Dogs team is a group of dogs trained to detect the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium killing olive trees in Italy. Similar to sniffer dogs that detect drugs or weapons for the police, these dogs use their noses to find out if a tree has the bacteria.

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San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

Michaela Haas

December 08, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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When raptors and urbanization collide, these volunteers are there to help

Sophie Hills

November 08, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boyds, Maryland

Volunteers at the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Maryland rehabilitate injured birds by treating their injuries and exercising them. Healed birds are released back into the wild.

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Hunting for elk solutions in Devil's Kitchen

Amanda Eggert

October 13, 2022 |

Montana Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

In Montana, landowners, hunters, outfitters, and biologists created the Devil’s Kitchen Working Group to facilitate conversations about elk management which led to a successful management framework that has been relatively unchanged for years.

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A Bear's Necessities

Louisa Gilbert Jemma Titheridge

August 23, 2022 |

Hakai Magazine |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

A biologist studies bear dens in the forests of British Columbia, Canada, to create artificial alternatives as forestry practices make suitable dens rarer.

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Pakistan's Mangroves Are a Coastal Conservation Marvel

Marcello Rossi

August 05, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Pakistan, Balochistan

Mangroves are biodiverse growths that provide a variety of benefits to coastal regions including food security, a breeding ground for various species and protection from erosion and storms along the coast. Previously destroyed by deforestation, efforts to regrow mangroves are a cost-effective solution to climate change.

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