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Food waste is a billion-dollar problem. Can this spray make a difference?

Albert Han

April 23, 2024 |

Context |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: India

Researchers in India developed a spray that is applied to mangoes to extend their shelf life by about a week, reducing food waste and increasing farmers’ profits.

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In Rural Western Uganda, A Tree-Planting Initiative Shows Signs of Life

Kang-Chun Cheng

April 15, 2024 |

The Xylom |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine that uses its profits to support tree-planting initiatives, is working with the Jane Goodall Institute Austria to grow 200,000 trees in Uganda. The organizations work with communities to design the projects around their needs and then support locals through the process of growing trees.

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Grupo liberal busca atraer a votantes latinos con $57 millones en ocho estados

Suzanne Gamboa

April 03, 2024 |

Noticias Telemundo |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Ahora aprovechando su éxito en elecciones pasados, Somos Votantes y su comité de acción política trabajan para ampliar la educación y la participación de los votantes hispanos principalmente a través de visitas puerta a puerta, información bilingüe pagada, y una “sólida” organización comunitaria.

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Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos

Sophie Hartley

April 02, 2024 |

Ars Technica |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales

Fence posts that flash blue and yellow lights while emitting a high-pitched noise when they detect oncoming car headlights are preventing car crashes involving kangaroos and wallabies in Australia. The practice is known as virtual fencing.

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Managing predators from the sky

Kylie Mohr

April 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

Researchers and livestock farmers in Montana are using drones with speakers that play human voices to scare off predators and mitigate conflict between the animals.

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Ratas en el paraíso

Daniel Alarcón

March 19, 2024 |

Radio Ambulante |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

Conservationists are eradicating an invasive species of rat on the Galapagos Islands to protect native species, many of which are endangered, and local agriculture. To do so, they capture native species that could be harmed, then scatter rat poison around the islands by hand, drone, and helicopter.

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Poopspotting: How AI and satellites can detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin

Bennet Goldstein

March 07, 2024 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

An artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at Standford University analyzes aerial photographs to detect fields with manure illegally spread on them in the winter. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can use that information to manually check fields for compliance with regulations that are meant to prevent water contamination.

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Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

Josephine Woolington

March 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

Sarah Brown

February 12, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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A drying sea half a world away carries a message for those worried about the Great Salt Lake

Leia Larson Levi Bridges

January 18, 2024 |

Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

At the steadily shrinking Aral Sea and the Great Salt Lake, officials have stemmed some of the water, salinity, and biodiversity losses by sectioning off healthier sections of the bodies of water with a dam and a causeway.

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