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‘Unpredictability is our biggest problem': Texas farmers experiment with ancient farming styles

Nina Lakhani

May 29, 2023 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are participating in a study to find out if cover cropping is a viable method to improve yields or reduce costs in a region harried by unpredictable weather and water scarcity. In some cases, the cover crops they’ve planted between growing seasons improved soil health and prevented wind erosion.

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Local organizations offer climate education for Boston-area kids

Elisabeth Hadjis Cassidy McNeeley

May 15, 2023 |

The Scope |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Because Massachusetts has few requirements around incorporating climate change into school curriculums, organizations such as Eastie Farm, Climate Action Through Education, and Spring Forward work to fill the gaps both in and out of the classroom. Through hands-on learning opportunities, ready-made lesson plans, and youth-led workshops, the organizations aim to improve students' climate literacy in a way that feels relevant to their daily lives.

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The Flashlight-Wielding, Frog-Taxiing Guardians of Spring's 'Big Night'

Elizabeth Hewitt

April 03, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Volunteers from the Harris Center for Conservation Education in New Hampshire spend spring nights helping amphibians cross the road safely. The volunteers work during mass amphibian migration periods and collect data on the species they see for conservation efforts.

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Has the heat pump's era arrived? What Michiganders need to know.

Britny Cordera

March 23, 2023 |

Planet Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

Depending on the swap, switching a home’s heating and cooling system for a residential heat pump can produce less greenhouse gas emissions and result in cost savings down the line.

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Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

Daniel Schoenherr

March 21, 2023 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

As natural reefs continue to decline, artificial reefs constructed by humans from various materials like small stones or sunken ships create spaces for fish to breed safely.

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Ancient invention may safely move fish across barriers while blocking invaders, study finds

Elaine Mallon

November 23, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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Response Location: United States, Traverse City, Michigan

Researchers in Michigan are using the Archimedes screw, which is a rotating blade inside a cylinder, to transport fish upstream where there are barriers in the water.

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Hope in a bottle: A glass recycling project is helping Louisiana reverse the effects of coastal erosion

Sarah Ravits

November 14, 2022 |

Gambit |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Powered by the ReCoast Initiative, Glass Half Full recycles glass to turn it into sand needed to replenish Louisiana’s coastline and regrow native marsh plants like various grasses and willow trees. The group also uses social media to explain topics like coastal erosion and the importance of restoration efforts like Glass Half Full to a wider audience.

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Gluten-free and insect-friendly: buckwheat returns to Dutch farms

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

October 14, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Netherlands

Farmers in the Netherlands are re-establishing buckwheat farming to promote biodiversity and support pollinators.

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New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

Abigail Comar

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

Jack Armstrong

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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