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Return of the California condor

Iván Carrillo

April 02, 2025 |

Knowable Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico

The California Condor Recovery Program used captive breeding, innovative reproductive techniques, genetic management, and binational collaboration to bring the species back from 24 individuals in 1987 to 561 today, with 344 living in the wild across the US and Mexico.

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Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute

Catrin Einhorn

March 25, 2025 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado built wildlife crossings, like highway overpasses and underpasses, to safely funnel wildlife across dangerous roads, successfully reducing animal-vehicle collisions by over 80%.

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Abandoned Coal Mines Are Becoming the Batteries of the Future

Natasha Khullar Relph

February 27, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

Gravity batteries can store excess renewable energy in abandoned mine shafts, offering coal-dependent communities economic and environmental benefits. This energy storage tactic is being used in various iterations around the globe.

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Some Wisconsin landowners manage beavers with non-lethal ways

Bennet Goldstein

February 06, 2025 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Advocates and ecological consultants are popularizing flow control devices and tactics as a solution to beaver conflicts. A few are limiting beavers’ damming behavior and reducing beavers impacts on human infrastructure.

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Green Microgrids Are Powering a More Resilient Future

Eric Krebs

January 17, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Blue Lake Rancheria, United States, California

Microgrids, small-scale energy systems that can operate either independently or as part of the larger electric grid, are growing in popularity and effectiveness. In one example on tribal land in California, a microgrid saves 25 percent of electricity costs and reduces Blue Lake Rancheria's carbon footprint by hundreds of tons of carbon annually.

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Can desalination quench agriculture's thirst?

Lela Nargi

November 21, 2024 |

Knowable Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

Several pilot studies point to the viability of desalination projects being an effective option for farmers in certain fresh-water-scarce regions.

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Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?

Shi En Kim

October 30, 2024 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Conservationists in Hawaii are growing seedlings of the critically endangered na’u tree alongside mycorrhizal fungi instead of fertilizers and pesticides to mimic their natural growing process. The fungi support the plant in a variety of ways, like sucking up more water and providing mineral nutrients, which helps the seedlings grow at a rapid pace.

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Report finds guaranteed income helped Louisvillians save money and avoid evictions

Jacob Munoz

October 23, 2024 |

Louisville Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, offered some residents of low-income neighborhoods $500 a month for a year with no strings attached as a part of its first ever guaranteed income program. The funds allowed people to start building savings and prevented evictions.

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The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

Kiley Price

October 20, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Lobster is a crucial economic resource in New England, but entanglements with the fishing line from lobster traps are a major cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists and lobstermen are testing ropeless, on-demand gear that minimizes the risk for whales and allows fishing to continue in areas that would otherwise be closed for months as the whales pass through.

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How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers

Allyson Chiu , Emily Wright

October 05, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Thane

Innovators are developing new air conditioning units to keep people cool as temperatures and humidity rise without contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside improved energy efficiency, the new tech focuses on sensing and reducing humidity in real-time and adjusting itself as humidity fluctuates throughout the day.

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