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  • The ancient Sri Lankan 'tank cascades' tackling drought

    Zinara Rathnayake

    September 26, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Maeliya

    A hydraulic network of man-made water tanks built 2,000 years ago, called an ellangawa, collects rainwater that locals in Maeliya, Sri Lanka, can release during the dry season to support the rice crop and recharge the groundwater.

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  • The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles

    Lucy Sherriff

    September 26, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Cities in California are turning to goat herders to manage the dead trees and shrubs that become fuel for wildfires. Goats will eat almost anything and are adept at getting to places humans find difficult to reach.

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  • Miyawaki: A little forest with a towering task

    Jingnan Peng

    September 22, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are planting Miyawaki forests to help regenerate the local ecosystem, sequester carbon, and cool the air. Originally created in Japan, these forests consist entirely of native plants made to mimic a natural forest in a small area of urban land.

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  • How artificial intelligence plus local expertise can promote ‘good fire' in Montana

    Bowman Leigh

    September 21, 2023 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) framework combines analytics and local expertise to assess fire risk by marking out locations on a map where fire can best be stopped. The risk is then used to identify where best to suppress the fire and where it can continue to burn to benefit the environment and prevent future fires. From there, experts decide how to respond to a fire in each section of the map in advance, which can also include prevention tactics.

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  • Worsening climate events push New York farmworkers to seek resilience

    Eda Uzunlar J.D. Allen María del Mar Piedrabuena

    September 20, 2023 |

    WSHU Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    As extreme climate events become more common, farmworkers are banding together to demand preparation, transparency, and resilience so they can stay safe while on the job.

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  • California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

    Naoki Nitta

    September 19, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Schools in California are offering more plant-based options to make lunch more climate-friendly, healthier, and more inclusive for those with dietary restrictions or preferences.

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  • Why Iowa farmers are turning to irrigation during drought. And why some are not.

    Brittney J. Miller

    September 15, 2023 |

    The Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    Farmers in Iowa are slowly turning to irrigation systems instead of relying solely on rain to combat more frequent droughts.

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  • One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    September 14, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

    For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on ​​São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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  • Colorado Shows Impact, Challenges of Billions in Federal Clean Energy Spending

    Jennifer Oldham

    September 13, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and added incentives from the state of Colorado and its municipalities is drawing in clean energy companies, creating new jobs, and helping the state meet its decarbonization goals.

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  • Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar

    Kizito Makoye

    September 12, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Zanzibar

    The nonprofit Marine Cultures is teaching single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to farm sea sponges to increase their income and improve gender equality. Sea sponges are a better option than typical seaweed farming because they are more resilient to climate change impacts like increasing water temperatures.

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