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  • Humans finally figured out how to make it rain

    Christina Thornell

    August 03, 2022 |

    Vox |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Angelo, Texas

    Farmers facing drought turn to cloud seeding, a process in which silver iodide is released into clouds, to help produce rainfall for their crops.

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  • Could Human Pee Be the Key to Saving Seagrass?

    Jesse Kathan

    July 06, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    As ecologists look to protect failing seagrass ecosystems, they have turned to a surprising solution: crystallized human urine. In a lab study, seagrass treated with struvite — a crystalline substance formed from human wastewater — had five times more seagrass shoots than those treated with regular fertilizer. It’s difficult to get struvite commercially and it might not work in all types of environments, but if there is more of a supply, this part of human waste could help an important ecosystem.

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  • Seaweed Inc.: As climate threatens lobster, Maine eyes new cash crop

    Stephanie Hanes

    July 05, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maine

    As harvesting lobsters becomes more uncertain along the Maine coast due to climate change, many fishers are turning to kelp farming as a way to diversify their income. Atlantic Sea Farms purchases 1 million pounds of kelp a year from dozens of farmers resulting in The Pine Tree State becoming one of the top aquaculture producers in the United States.

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  • Are you watering your lawn wrong? USU's Water Checkers will help you figure it out

    Nadia Pflaum

    June 30, 2022 |

    KUER Radio |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Water Checkers visit homeowners in Salt Late City for free to help asses soil quality and determine if their sprinkler systems’ water distribution is working and efficient. By participating in this program, residents have reduced their irrigation by 7,900 gallons per month, which helps keep waters in tributaries of the Great Salt Lake.

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  • Drinking water in short supply? There's a solution in the air.

    Francine Kiefer

    June 29, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

    As governments and residents wrestle with drought and dwindling water supplies, atmospheric water generation systems are popping up throughout the United States as a way to convert air into water. One product, called WeDew, collects water droplets that are formed when warm air meets a cool surface. That water can be used to water plants or create safe drinking water. These air-to-water generators are being used in places from California to Uganda.

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  • How Stony Brook University Scientists Gave Shinnecock Bay a New Life

    Rafael Cruvinel

    June 02, 2022 |

    SBU J-Drive |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    After planting clams in Shinnecock Bay in 2012, scientists at Stony Brook University were able to reverse the trends of red tide in the coastal New York waters. The bay restoration project resulted in 400,000 square meters of seagrass regrowth and the local clam population significantly grew.

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  • Saving the Great Lakes, one laundry load at a time

    Erika Engel

    May 13, 2022 |

    CollingwoodToday |

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    Response Location: Canada, Parry Sound, Ontario

    A pilot experiment in Canada shows that adding a filter on a washing machine can prevent microfibers from entering the wastewater system and ending up in marine ecosystems. After installing these filters on machines in a community, there was a 41 percent decrease of microfibers in the washing machine liquid waste. This will not keep all microfibers from ending up in the environment, but legislators are working on passing bills requiring manufacturers to get these filters installed on new machines.

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  • Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?

    Lynn Fantom

    March 16, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Atlantic Sea Farms strives to create sustainable ocean livelihoods by growing seaweed, which is good for both people and the planet. It's nutritionally dense, provides an extra source of revenue for fishermen, and is environmentally low impact. Ongoing studies also indicate it might absorb carbon dioxide in the ocean and tamp down ocean acidification. In 2018, Atlantic Sea Farms was producing 30,000 wet pounds of seaweed a year but expects a harvest of 1.2 million pounds this year, making it the largest in the U.S.

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  • Researchers use waste glass to clean up polluted sea

    Yui Sawada

    March 09, 2022 |

    J-Stories |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Japan, Nagasaki

    The beach in Omura Bay in Japan isn’t a normal beach covered in sand: It’s covered in glass. This glass beach, developed by the Nagasaki Prefectural Environmental Health Research Center, is meant to recycle waste from the ocean and promote the growth of shellfish to maintain the water’s health. After five years, the center has seen about 525 clams per square meter, an increase over previous years.

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  • Catching Crabs in a Suffocating Sea

    Julia Rosen

    March 01, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Newport, Oregon

    Frances Chan, a researcher at Oregon State University first came across hypoxia or dangerously low-levels of oxygen in the ocean in Oregon back in 2002. To better understand the issue and empower crab fishers whose livelihoods suffered as a result, he helped develop "small, low-cost oxygen sensors" that fit into their crab pots and read the levels of oxygen in water in real time as they fish. This year, 38 instruments were sent out on eight boats, and with time, the information could help fishers adapt.

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