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Banishing Rats Turned Tromelin Island Into a Seabird Paradise

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The tiny island’s success shows that once invasive predators are eliminated, birds will swoop back in on their own.

How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression

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In places with few mental health professionals, volunteer-led group therapy sends positive ripples through families and communities.

This Utah County Will Buy Your Lawn to Save Water

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Would you ditch your grass for less-thirsty plants? In a place where every drop of water counts, a little cash compels residents to say yes.

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Beavers Are Back in London — and They’re Thriving

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Usually known for their work in more rural places, nature’s best engineers have brought their ecosystem management skills to the big city.

Moroccan Farmers Are Banking Traditional Seeds for a Hotter, Drier Future

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A seed bank full of carefully stored, drought-resistant varieties is helping to revive parched land and improve farmers’ livelihoods.

‘Slowly Forging a Relationship’: Rural Vermont’s New Blueprint for Addiction Recovery

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A unique collaboration pairs a recovery group and an EMS team to help those with alcohol and substance abuse disorders find long-term care.

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Helsinki Built a Library That Brings a Whole City Together

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In a country where half of all citizens visit the library every month, Oodi Library provides a blueprint for fostering human convergence.

Urban Residents Are Tracking ‘Indoor Heat Waves’

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In Harlem, a neighborhood network of sensors — and citizen scientists — are measuring a little-understood risk.

Can We Build Less Biased Medical Bots?

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A Black skin health company is giving dermatologists and patients the medical information they need. Their next step? Training the bias out of medical AI.

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Adopting the Aquaculture of the Future in Thailand

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A sustainable, integrated approach to fish farming has caught on in China and elsewhere. Thailand could be next.

Beavers Are Back in London — and They’re Thriving

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Usually known for their work in more rural places, nature’s best engineers have brought their ecosystem management skills to the big city.

What We’re Reading: An All-Female Rainforest Patrol, Crowdsourced Housing and More

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See what stories caught our attention this week, from an Ecuadorian patrol group to “community-owned cooperative real estate.”

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