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  • New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

    October 12, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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  • UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors

    October 06, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    A student at Canada’s University of Windsor is creating DIY transducers, which are devices that measure wave pressure, to help researchers track shoreline erosion from water vessels in a larger area than they could afford to study otherwise.

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  • Inside a 50-year journey to reopen the 'lungs' of the Squamish River

    September 17, 2022 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Squamish Nation, Canada, British Columbia

    The Squamish Nation, the Squamish River Watershed Society, and the Canadian federal government are working together to restore the Squamish estuary and save the local salmon population. The coalition removed part of a spit that was placed in the river by a rail company in the 1970s without consulting the Squamish Nation.

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  • Nugget the cow: Seaweed-munching bovine chews on solution to methane problem

    August 18, 2022 |

    Providence Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    By feeding cows a seaweed diet, researchers at the University of New Hampshire are testing if the additive can reduce the amount of methane that cows burp, which contribute to climate change. Questions still remain if the seaweed impacts milk, meat, and human health, but trials suggest that the diet can reduce emissions by 20 percent.

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  • WA's Nooksack River has been sounding the alarm, and people are finally listening

    August 15, 2022 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    After being hit by two natural disasters in one year, cities, Indigenous tribes, and government agencies in Whatcom County on the Nooksack River are working together to create a new plan to deal with flood risk and salmon restoration. The Floodplain Integrated Planning team is overcoming distrust among its partners to build a more holistic plan that incorporates tested solutions like fish-friendly floodgates, levee repairs, and property buyouts to remove homes that will continue to be flooded in the future.

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  • Flip Your Strip gaining traction, leading to removal of water-guzzling turf

    July 16, 2022 |

    Standard-Examiner |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington Terrace, Utah

    In order to use less water in drought-ridden Utah, many residents are replacing their grassy park strips with vegetation and rocks that don’t need as much irrigation. As part of the “Flip Your Strip” initiative, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District provides participants with money per square foot of grass removed. While the program is new, this idea has been tried and tested in California, where studies have shown that it is making an impact.

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  • In the US West, Researchers Consider a Four-Legged Tool to Fight Two Foes: Wildfire and Cheatgrass

    July 06, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Scientists are experimenting with a low-cost way of combatting an invasive species and wildfires. They’re using cattle to graze on cheatgrass, which has spread across the U.S. West, disrupted native plants and animals and become a source of fuel for fires. The cows were able to reduce the grass by an average of more than 60 percent, creating an area that could prevent fires from spreading.

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  • Could Human Pee Be the Key to Saving Seagrass?

    July 06, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    As ecologists look to protect failing seagrass ecosystems, they have turned to a surprising solution: crystallized human urine. In a lab study, seagrass treated with struvite — a crystalline substance formed from human wastewater — had five times more seagrass shoots than those treated with regular fertilizer. It’s difficult to get struvite commercially and it might not work in all types of environments, but if there is more of a supply, this part of human waste could help an important ecosystem.

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  • Soilless Farming to the Rescue. How to Boost Agriculture Without Hurting Forests

    June 30, 2022 |

    Foundation for Investigative Journalism |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A Nigerian agricultural entrepreneur is embracing hydroponics — a method that grows crops with water and no soil — as an alternative to farming methods that have led to land degradation. Because of Adebowale Onafowora’s knowledge, he has trained more than 20,000 people; and helped set up over 200 hydroponic centers. His inspiration led to the establishment of the Landmark University Greenhouse and Hydroponic Technology Centre, a place for research and training in the technique.

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  • Drought and inflation have come for farmers and ranchers. Does this Utahn have the solution?

    June 06, 2022 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Castle Dale, Utah

    A new Hydrogen nutrition technology allows a rancher in Utah to turn alfalfa seed into cattle feed within a few days with less than one-tenth of the water used in traditional hay fields. By using this technology, he’s been able to manage the drought in the region and preserve his farmland. While many could be skeptical of the system, the Legislature is planning to study how effective it could be for others in the state.

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