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  • Keeping Cities Cool in a Warmer Future

    Alexandra Ossola Jon Emont

    June 14, 2024 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    Researchers of the Cooling Singapore project are using huge amounts of data to build a detailed digital twin of the city that they can use to test how effective new methods of combatting extreme heat would be. It's a digital representation of Singapore that makes predictions based on data like traffic, weather, electricity demand, and where green spaces are.

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  • How Recycling Wastewater Could Help Quench the West's Thirst

    Alexandra Ossola

    April 14, 2023 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Drought-stricken cities in California are turning to direct potable reuse of water to combat drinking water shortages. This process involves treating wastewater and returning it to the drinking water supply.

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  • AI tool helps law enforcement find victims of human trafficking

    Alexandra Ossola

    April 16, 2018 |

    Futurism |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    When Emily Kennedy was a teenager traveling in Eastern Europe she saw street kids she learned were trafficked by the Russian mob and decided to tackle human trafficking in her college work. The company she launched, Marinus Analytics, created a software application that has been used by authorities to rescue hundreds of victims in the U.S. and Canada and is expanding. The data it gathers has also debunked assumptions about how and where trafficking takes place.

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