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  • Where is the shade when the sun is overhead?

    Cities are implementing comprehensive heat mitigation strategies including urban greening (which can reduce temperatures by up to 7°C in dense areas), cooling centers, heat response teams, and reflective surfaces, with evidence showing measurable temperature reductions and improved access to relief for vulnerable populations, though effectiveness varies by location and requires tailored, multi-pronged approaches.

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  • From rain-drenched mountains to Arctic permafrost, Alaska landslides pose hazards

    Alaska agencies are coordinating landslide monitoring through multi-agency programs, tribal partnerships, and citizen science apps, which has successfully prevented infrastructure damage (like the $25 million Dalton Highway rerouting that avoided landslide destruction) but faces limitations from funding uncertainty and the vast geographic scale requiring public education as the primary protective measure.

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  • Joint effort assesses landslide and tsunami risks in Alaska's Prince William Sound

    Alaska has deployed a state-of-the-art, multi-agency monitoring system at Barry Arm featuring seismic stations, radar, and tidal gauges that can successfully predict tsunami risks after one year of data collection. Working with community businesses allowed the system to adapt operations and demonstrate how real-time landslide detection can provide crucial location data within minutes of an event.

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  • How drones and AI are changing the way we fight wildfires

    The U.S. Forest Service's drone program has rapidly scaled from 734 flights in 2019 to over 17,000 in 2024, enabling safer and more efficient wildfire management by replacing dangerous pilot reconnaissance missions with unmanned thermal imaging that can detect hotspots and guide ground crews more precisely.

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  • Fungi and spruce may help solve Alaska's plastic pollution problem

    University of Alaska researchers have developed biodegradable insulation boxes and building materials made from local beetle-killed spruce trees and fungal fibers that successfully shipped seafood across the country while offering a sustainable alternative to plastic foam that could reduce Alaska's 1+ million annual styrofoam boxes, create local jobs, and address rural housing quality issues.

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  • 食用コオロギの可能性を広げ、世界の食糧・環境危機を打開へ

    「食糧危機への対応として、食用コオロギの販売事業を展開するエコロギー社の事例。温暖な気候のカンボジアを生産拠点とし、契約農家の収入を増やしながら、日本向けには練り餌である「レオバイド」の原料として食用コオロギを活用している。」

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  • One Tree at a Time

    Moldova's National Reforestation Project, launched in 2023 with a €739 million budget, has planted over 10,000 hectares of new forest (36+ million trees) with a 67% survival rate, demonstrating early success in restoring degraded land and supporting rural communities, though it's currently achieving only half of its annual planting targets due to personnel shortages, supply chain issues, and weather challenges.

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  • Climate change tests the resilience of people and desert-adapted wildlife in Namibia

    Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia gives rural communities the rights to manage and profit from wildlife through organized conservancies, which has dramatically recovered wildlife populations (like elephants growing from 7,000 to 26,000) while providing economic incentives that motivate communities to protect rather than poach animals, even during severe droughts.

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  • City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

    In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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  • الزراعة الحراجية في تونس.. حل مستدام لمواجهة التصحر وتدهور الموارد الطبيعية

    تساهم الزراعة الحراجية في تونس في مواجهة التصحر وتقليل فقد المياه وتعزيز التنوع البيولوجي. يتم تطبيقها عبر دمج زراعة الأشجار المقاومة للجفاف مع المحاصيل الزراعية، مما يقلل التبخر بنسب تتراوح من 30 إلى 50% عبر توفير الظل الجزئي للمحاصيل، كما تتحول أوراق الأشجار المتساقطة بعد تحللها إلى مادة عضوية تغذي التربة، وتقلل الأشجار من زحف الرمال وتدهور الأراضي الزراعية، وتعيد الموائل الطبيعية للطيور والحشرات.

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