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  • How an international effort is keeping North America free of a deadly amphibian disease

    July 30, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Bsal is a fungal pathogen that causes a deadly disease in salamanders. Experts from Mexico, Canada, and the United States came together to create the volunteer-based North American Bsal Task Force to prevent it from spreading further and prepare a plan of action for when the pathogen reaches the continent.

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  • A New Wildlife Crossing Provides Safe Passage Over a Busy Interstate

    July 17, 2024 |

    Sentient |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Environmentalists, biologists, wildlife advocates, and even ski clubs formed the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition to push for wildlife crossings to be a part of a massive construction project on Washington’s heavily trafficked Snoqualmie Pass. The Department of Transportation took notice. It's working with other government agencies and wildlife experts to install bridges and tunnels designed for animals of all sizes to safely cross the road.

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  • B.C. caribou pens found to be an 'unequivocal' success

    July 05, 2024 |

    North Shore News |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The West Moberly First Nations and the Saulteau First Nation are working together to save the local Klinse-Za caribou herd from disappearing. They created a large fenced habitat where caribou and newborn calves can survive away from predators and keep a careful watch on the animals.

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  • Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

    June 27, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Researchers, conservationists, and shellfish farmers on both U.S. coasts are starting and studying seaweed farms as a way to soak up excess nutrients in acidic water to help shellfish survive and grow.

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  • Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay's strategy to improve water quality?

    June 21, 2024 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States

    A unique regional cleanup program was designed to reduce the nutrient runoff in the Chesapeake Bay using a legally-enforceable pollution quota across six U.S. states.

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  • Nature's Carbon Sponges: Restoring Meadows in the Sierra Nevada

    May 16, 2024 |

    The Hitchcock Project |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The Nevada Irrigation District is restoring meadows, and therefore their carbon-sequestering abilities, in the Sierra Nevada mountains that were degraded by humans through things like building dams and mining.

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  • Beavers Are Back in London — and They're Thriving

    May 13, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: England, London

    A volunteer-run community organization is reintroducing beavers to London as part of a larger rewilding effort. The beavers are alleviating flooding and helping biodiversity thrive in the eight-hectare public park they live in by building dams and canals.

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  • Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

    April 28, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland

    A direct carbon capture plant in Iceland sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, mixes it with water, and pumps it underground to help combat climate change. When the mixture reaches the basalt bedrock, it causes a chemical reaction that turns the carbon into a solid so it can be stored underground in the porous rock.

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  • U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

    April 24, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

    Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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  • Food waste is a billion-dollar problem. Can this spray make a difference?

    April 23, 2024 |

    Context |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India

    Researchers in India developed a spray that is applied to mangoes to extend their shelf life by about a week, reducing food waste and increasing farmers’ profits.

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