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  • The Science of Fighting Wildfires Gets a Satellite Boost

    September 11, 2017 |

    Wired |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada

    Climate change is only worsening the frequency and ferocity of forest fires. Projects such as researching what makes trees more susceptible to fires, and having satellites send images of fires as they happen, in order to help forest services react most effectively, are new ideas being researched and implemented.

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  • Network Effect: The Robots, Sensors and Satellites Digitizing the Ocean

    September 11, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sunnyvale, California

    Despite advancements in technology in most sectors of life leading to an increase to access of information about practically anything, little is still known about the ocean and its behavioral patterns. Liquid Robotics – a Silicon Valley-based company – is trying to change that. Engineers here have created the "Wave Glider," which essentially acts as a router within the ocean powered by wave energy and solar panels. This invention can transmit data on tectonic activity that has the potential to predict tsunamis.

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  • In flood-prone South Asia, early warning systems buy precious time

    September 05, 2017 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nepal

    South Asia is prone to flooding during monsoon season, this can lead to deaths and building damage. SMS warning systems have recently been implemented in order to warn residents when they are in danger, the system has a lot of room to grow but it has proven to be helpful in reducing deaths.

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  • How Startups and Nonprofits Are Collaborating to Build the “Clean Meat” Industry

    August 30, 2017 |

    Conscious Company Media |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    When scientists, startups and non-profits team up, everyone benefits - or so it seems in the case of creating clean meat. While there has been a push to focus on reinventing meat due to animal farming's impact on the environment as well as questionable ethical practices, funding such research isn't always the most practical. New York City-based non-profit, New Harvest, however, is changing that practice by "funding open-source university research that for-profit ventures and other scientists can build on."

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  • The low-cost device saving newborns in India

    August 30, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Indore

    A neonatal hospital in Indore, India has been using a device called a MiraCradle that is showing success in treating birth asphyxia. This low-cost solution is helping to address a significant problem of neonatal deaths in the country and is also now being used in South Africa.

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  • Race to Decode Coral DNA to Save World's Reefs From Extinction

    August 28, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    After nearly back-to-back coral bleaching events made headlines internationally, there's been an increased awareness around the need to save what's left of the species. The newest strategy being implemented has to do with genetic technology that helps scientists determine via DNA markers which types of coral may be the most weak and the most resilient. “Scientists’ goal right now should be to take the steps necessary to optimize coral species so that each successive generation is more resilient,” explains marine biologist Ruth Gates. Although still early in its debut, this is the goal of genetic technology.

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  • Achoo! Snot-Collecting Drones Are Revolutionizing Whale Research

    August 25, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Gloucester, Massachusetts

    Traditionally, whales have been studied through research vessels, which are hard to maneuver, and costly to make. However, drones with the ability to capture a whale’s snot, are providing a much easier, and cheaper alternative to whale research.

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  • Alaska's Small Villages Turn Toward Renewables—And Don't Look Back

    August 25, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Buckland, Alaska

    Alaska is a state of remote and rural townships, where everything costs more to access - from food to fuel - and plunging global oil prices have pushed the state economy to the brink of financial crisis. But communities such as Buckland are taking steps to move away from dependence on fossil fuels through the building of renewable energy micro-grids. Wind, geothermal, hydro, and solar power not only help keep the lights on, but are contributing to the stabilization of local economies.

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  • We need to change how we bury the dead

    August 24, 2017 |

    Vox |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Burying the deceased in a traditional casket has shown to have harmful impacts on the environment. Reforming this process by implementing one of the several green options such as cremation, natural burials, or alkaline hydrolysis can lead to not only better environmental health, but also save resources such as money and space.

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  • Coral Triage: Scientists Zero in on Reefs With Best Chance of Survival

    August 24, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Coral reefs on the brink of near extinction, but the more we know about the reefs themselves, the better chance they have to survive - or so says a group of coral reef specialists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. This group has implemented a 3-D imaging mapping project at the University of Queensland in Australia with the goal of equipping communities with the knowledge needed to help coral reefs survive another major bleaching event.

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