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Preparing cities for warmer and wetter weather

Eleanor Klibanoff

May 12, 2016 |

WHYY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is the second most flood prone state in the United States. Many city and county governments, however, are working to prevent and protect the state from detrimental damage. They have created sustainable infrastructure initiatives and flood insurance policies to plan and prepare for flooding.

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The Internet Mapmakers Helping Nepal

Robinson Meyer

May 02, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

Whenever there’s a natural catastrophe, a team of “crisis mappers” activate around the world. These volunteers use crowdsourcing tools to turn satellite data into digital maps, which are then used to make decisions on the ground, enabling rescuers to deliver food, shelter, and supplies to areas that need them most.

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In Texas, Mexican Firefighters Are Saving the Rio Grande

Jeremy Raff

April 28, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Texas

The Rio Grande River runs between the border of the United States and Mexico and supplies water to 5 million people across the nations. With wildfires continuously threatening the health of the river, an international firefighting crew known as Los Diablos are working to implement controlled, prescribed burns to rid the area of an invasive plant species that fuels the fires.

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NASA Responds to an S.O.S. of Historic Proportions

Margo Pierce

April 26, 2016 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Huntsville, Alabama

Technology used in outer space has huge potential to mitigate the effects that earthquakes have on buildings in America. Throughout testing and prototyping the project, the NASA team at the Marshall Space Flight Center has found ways that their technology can apply to commercial buildings or even historic monuments, such as the Washington Monument. The technology, disruptive tuned mass, has applications in space as well as in day-to-day life.

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They survived the earthquake. Now they're determined to keep their village healthy.

Sonia Narang

April 25, 2016 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal

For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

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Could Harvesting Fog Help Solve the World's Water Crisis?

Pauls Toutonghi

March 22, 2016 |

The New Yorker |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Morocco, Aït Baâmrane

The demand for clean water around the world continues to grow. In arid southwest Morocco, the region may only see “a few hundredths of an inch of rain per year,” which contributes to poor human health, as well as environmental, and economic conditions. A global collaboration with a Moroccan N.G.O. and German organizations have helped to bring clean water to the region with the use of CloudFisher technology that converts sea fog into water.

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Can we Quake-Proof a City?

Neal Razzell

March 22, 2016 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nepal

Can we engineer buildings to prevent collapse in earthquakes? The answer is yes, and the Inquiry dives into how better building design can save more and more lives as urban density increases.

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A Tale of Two Leaks: Fixed in California, Ignored in Alabama

Neela Banerjee

March 17, 2016 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eight Mile, Alabama

Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, Alabama, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.

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How Miami Beach Is Keeping the Florida Dream Alive—And Dry

Sara Solovitch

March 14, 2016 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

Threatened by increasingly rising sea levels caused by climate change, leaders in Miami Beach are spending equally increasing amounts of money on technology and systems to combat flooding.

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The Farm that Grows Climate Solutions

Eric Toensmeier

March 09, 2016 |

Ensia |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Las Cañadas, Veracruz

A small agricultural co-op in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, has effectively implemented its own approach to climate change. The community adapts the main sector of its economy and livelihood-- farming-- to sustainable practices. "Las Cañadas" has increased the food security and health of the local community while simultaneously decreasing deforestation, soil degradation and carbon emissions.

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