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This machine creates drinking water ‘from thin air' in driest parts of the world

Peter O'Dowd

June 29, 2023 |

WBUR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Solar-powered machines called hydropanels draw water vapor from the air to create drinking water for those without access to water from a utility and those living in a drought.

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How a dinosaur is redefining a rural coal town

Derek Maiolo

May 01, 2023 |

High Country News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Rangely, Colorado

The Dinosaur National Monument in an old mining town is bringing in tourists and is turning a profit for the town. In 2021, visitors to the Monument spent $24.3 million.

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The community weathermen of Kisumu County

Duncan Lukoye David Owino

February 02, 2023 |

DIRAJ |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

To combat a lack of early warning weather systems in Western Kenya, the government-led Downscaling Climate Information program brings together technical officers to interpret the forecast and provide recommendations every season. That information is distributed to community volunteers who share the forecast with locals in as many ways as possible.

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Utah looks to expand cloud seeding to help with drought, Great Salt Lake

Ben Winslow

December 02, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

Utah’s state government and Department of Natural Resources provide residents with machines to increase winter storm precipitation through cloud seeding. The process uses heat from a propane burner to release silver iodide into the air, which can increase snowfall and help combat drought.

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New York City's Public School on an Island

David Kidd

November 28, 2022 |

Governing |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Harbor School, a public high school located on Governors Island, prepares students to work in maritime fields and exposes them to public service careers such as the Coast Guard. They get the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community, including through a project to study the health of New York Harbor and a program that aims to re-establish the harbor's oyster population.

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UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors

Jack Armstrong

October 06, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

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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How Salt Marshes Prevented Development but Forever Changed Wetlands in the South Bay

Skylar Knight

August 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, a collaboration between multiple nonprofits and government agencies, is restoring wetlands in an area previously covered with man-made salt ponds to recreate habitat for native species, maintain flood protection, and improve the ecosystem.

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Humans finally figured out how to make it rain

Christina Thornell

August 03, 2022 |

Vox |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Angelo, Texas

Farmers facing drought turn to cloud seeding, a process in which silver iodide is released into clouds, to help produce rainfall for their crops.

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Could Human Pee Be the Key to Saving Seagrass?

Jesse Kathan

July 06, 2022 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

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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Seaweed Inc.: As climate threatens lobster, Maine eyes new cash crop

Stephanie Hanes

July 05, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

As harvesting lobsters becomes more uncertain along the Maine coast due to climate change, many fishers are turning to kelp farming as a way to diversify their income. Atlantic Sea Farms purchases 1 million pounds of kelp a year from dozens of farmers resulting in The Pine Tree State becoming one of the top aquaculture producers in the United States.

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