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  • Catching Crabs in a Suffocating Sea

    Julia Rosen

    March 01, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    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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  • They've managed the forest forever. It's why they're key to the climate change fight

    Julia Rosen

    November 05, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Broadback, Quebec

    In Northern Quebec, scientists, government officials and researchers have seen the positive environmental effects that stem from giving indigenous groups their land rights back. Because many of these indigenous communities have closely observed and lived within the native forests, they know how to properly care for and coexist with the forest rather than cut it down; the result is a drastic decrease in deforestation as well as the restoration of indigenous land rights.

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  • Inside the moss mystery: How the organisms helped reveal Portland's pollution

    Julia Rosen

    May 02, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Throughout the city of Portland, there is moss growing in urban trees. When scientists began studying its growth, they were able to not only detect a citywide air pollution problem, but also pinpoint the origin of it which allowed city officials to take steps towards mitigating the issue.

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