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  • Making cities 'spongy' could help fight flooding — by steering the water underground

    October 03, 2023 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: China, Jinhua

    The concept of “sponge cities” is taking off as a way to prevent flooding. This style of urban design focuses on creating environments that absorb more water with plants and open ground as opposed to pipes and concrete.

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  • PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

    October 02, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: The Mi'kmaq Nation, United States, Maine

    Since testing by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found shockingly high levels of PFAS and PFOS — also known as forever chemicals — on land across the state, researchers and locals have been working on remediation. In one example, the Aroostook Band of the Mi’kmaq found that hemp grown on contaminated land extracts large amounts of the chemicals from the soil.

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  • How artificial intelligence plus local expertise can promote ‘good fire' in Montana

    September 21, 2023 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) framework combines analytics and local expertise to assess fire risk by marking out locations on a map where fire can best be stopped. The risk is then used to identify where best to suppress the fire and where it can continue to burn to benefit the environment and prevent future fires. From there, experts decide how to respond to a fire in each section of the map in advance, which can also include prevention tactics.

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  • One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

    September 14, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

    For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on ​​São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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  • Clean Water? We've Got a Mussel For That

    September 06, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Scientists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are propagating common species of mussels to restore the once-thick mussel beds in local waterways. The mussels work as filters that purify the water and improve the health of the ecosystem.

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  • Volunteers spring to survey water in Patagonia Mountains before mine begins pumping

    September 01, 2023 |

    Tucson Sentinel |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Patagonia, Arizona

    In the race to survey and catalog natural springs in Patagonia, Arizona, before they dry up, the Sky Island Alliance created an app-based volunteer program to collect more information. Locals can pick out coordinates to search for a spring and fill out a survey about what they find.

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  • Replenishing the San Juan River

    August 30, 2023 |

    Santa Fe Reporter |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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  • Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Rising. "Wildlife Damage Management" Could Help

    August 21, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The practice of Wildlife Damage Management uses cost-effective, non-lethal methods to mitigate human-animal conflict and prevent harm for both parties. Experts trained in the method use tactics like fencing, bug repellent, or traps.

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  • Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

    August 21, 2023 |

    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    To fill gaps in climate data, some researchers are using a collaborative tactic known as “ethical space” to solicit and include Indigenous knowledge about climate change. Often, this results in improved conservation outcomes.

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  • Pa. farmers dig into soil — and its ability to trap carbon — as one solution to climate change

    August 01, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Farmers are acting as citizen scientists for a soil health study organized by Pennsylvania-based Pasa Sustainable Agriculture. The organization is helping farms implement sustainable agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce carbon emissions, like composting and planting cover crops.

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