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  • Colorado's latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

    October 26, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Gold Hill, Colorado

    The Colorado-based mycology center Boulder Mushroom is spreading fungi mycelium — the underground, root-looking part of a mushroom — across forest floors that were thinned to mitigate wildfires. The mushrooms quicken the pace at which sawdust and other potential fire fuel decays and improve soil health.

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  • The World's Soils Are Becoming Dangerously Degraded, but Rare Microbes Offer Hope

    October 19, 2023 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    The startup Puna Bio collects microbes that live on the high-altitude La Puna plateau and turns them into a product that farmers can apply to soybeans to increase yields and improve soil health. Since they adapted to survive in such a harsh climate, the microbes can survive depleted soil and extreme weather to pass along key nutrients and antioxidants to crops.

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  • Farmers Are Breeding Heat-Resistant Cows

    August 25, 2023 |

    Ambrook |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Farmers in Puerto Rico are breeding cows with a genetic mutation that makes it easier for them to maintain a healthy body temperature despite rising temperatures, which improves their milk production and fertility.

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  • For two brothers, saving Delhi's kites brings fame but not enough financial support

    June 15, 2023 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    A Delhi-based rescue and rehabilitation center for birds of prey, called Wildlife Rescue, is run by two brothers who believe every living thing has the right to be treated when injured — including the black kites many locals see as bad luck. The center treats more than 3,300 birds every year.

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  • ‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

    April 17, 2023 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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  • Feed Seaweed to the Cows!

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Australian company Future Feed sells the license to grow a type of red seaweed that reduces over 80% of the methane cows emit from burping. To produce that effect, a small amount of the seaweed is fed to the cows freeze-dried or as an oil.

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  • Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

    March 19, 2023 |

    Financial Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Agricultural microbial technology can be used to create different soil applications like fertilizers and fungicides. These products can improve soil health and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by the industry.

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  • Science for All: A documentary on citizen science

    January 24, 2023 |

    Neighbird |

    Documentary |

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    Response Location: India, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

    Citizen scientists in India are using apps like iNaturalist to contribute to scientific research on biodiversity. They help fills gaps in data by adding photos of plants and animals to the app for researchers to assess.

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  • The plan to save Italy's dying olive trees with dogs

    January 17, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Italy, Parabita, Puglia

    The Xylella Detection Dogs team is a group of dogs trained to detect the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium killing olive trees in Italy. Similar to sniffer dogs that detect drugs or weapons for the police, these dogs use their noses to find out if a tree has the bacteria.

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  • San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

    December 08, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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