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  • The buildings heated by human warmth

    September 08, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Harnessing body heat provides energy-saving heating to commercial and residential buildings. The Stockholm Central station in Sweden and the Mall of America in Minnesota both capture body warmth to provide some of the buildings' heat. Each has over 100,000 daily visitors during non-coronavirus times, generating substantial heat that can be captured by energy-efficient construction. Body heat is also utilized in residential spaces, where thermal insulation helps keep the warmth inside. Using body heat requires energy-efficient building materials and generally cannot provide all of a building's heating needs.

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  • Hawaii Marines Now Guarding The Nests Of Endangered Species Audio icon

    September 06, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Members of the Marine Corps in Hawaii often pull double duty: military training and endangered species protection. For example, in June, the Marines roped off 13 green sea turtle nests on a local beach. Part of their job is to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of where they perform their training exercises. Sometimes there are military members or residents who might not understand why they have to preserve and manage the land, but education outreach has led to a ramp up in conservation efforts for turtles, birds, and other creatures.

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  • Passarinheiras: presença feminina na observação de aves se fortalece a cada dia

    September 06, 2020 |

    Agência Eco Nordeste |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem é sobre o aumento da presença de mulheres na observação de aves e ornitologia, ramo da zoologia que estuda aves.

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  • How Efforts To Save Hawaii's Forests Are Preventing A 'Freshwater Crisis'

    September 06, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Landowners, state employees, environmental groups, and local hunters are working together to protect Hawaii’s forests and drinking water by eradicating invasive plants from the state’s protected forests. By allowing native plants to flourish, these forests could help combat climate change by sequestering carbon and allowing freshwater quivers to recharge with rainfall. Since 2013, the state has built 132 miles of fence to keep grazers away from forests to prevent the spread of seeds of invasive plants. However, this method can be expensive; a 1,400-acre fence cost over a million dollars.

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  • Negócios da floresta: empresas e povos da Amazônia mostram como fazer extração sustentável e promover desenvolvimento para todos

    September 03, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Povos originários da Amazônia fazem extração sustentável na natureza e negociam produtos com empresas. Além de proteger o meio ambiente, o trabalho gera independência financeira para as comunidades locais.

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  • Cities are using poop to look for early Covid-19 outbreaks

    September 03, 2020 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Wastewater-based epidemiology is helping scientists and public health experts track the prevalence of coronavirus in communities. Although this practice can be complicated by the size of cities and lacks a standardized testing protocol, it has already helped identify outbreaks at two universities.

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  • Coastal Louisiana tribes team up with biologist to protect sacred sites from rising seas

    September 02, 2020 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

    Indigenous communities in Louisiana are working with scientists to restore wetland ecosystems and protect tribal mounds along the Gulf Coast through backfilling projects. Depleted oil wells and canals in the area are often abandoned, creating reservoirs of stagnant water that affects freshwater plants and animals. The group has started to identify priority canal sites to fill in and seek funding to kick off the project, which can be challenging to get.

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  • What sewage can tell us about the spread of COVID-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    Scientists in Bozeman, Montana are tracking community spread of COVID-19 by studying samples from the city’s wastewater. Although this form of tracking is more tedious and not necessarily as effective as testing individuals via a swab, the wastewater tracking program is able detect the virus and help health officials identify the area where it likely originated from.

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  • Bitcoin Miner Is Scoring 700% Profits Selling Energy to Grid

    September 01, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    A cryptocurrency mining company in Texas called Layer1 can power down its data-processing centers and sell its unused electricity back to the power grid. Instead of passively consuming energy, they are able to utilize batteries, smart meters, and artificial intelligence software to use more renewable energy and, at the same time, make a profit. While scaling this response can be difficult due to restrictions from utility companies on how consumers get their energy, Layer1 estimates it will save up to $6.7 million annually by cutting production for 30 minutes during some of the hottest days in the summer.

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  • Uma floresta em equílibrio: como agroflorestas na Amazônia mostram que diversidade pode garantir solo, ar e água às próximas gerações

    September 01, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Agricultores da Amazônia trabalham com agroflorestas para preservar o meio ambiente. Além de diminuir as emissões de carbono na atmosfera, as agroflorestas aumentam a fertilidade do solo.

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