Whooping cranes make a comeback, high school student develops low-cost seismometer, food forests

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In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about an explosion in the number of whooping cranes in the US thanks to extensive conservation efforts, a growing number of “food forests” increasing access to healthy vegetables, and a low-cost early earthquake warning device designed by a Californian high school student.
Whooping cranes return to the US thanks to unusual conservation programme
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
“It’s like a place of healing”: the growth of America’s food forests
Source: The Guardian
US high school student invents a low-cost earthquake warning device
Source: Eurekalert
Portable washing machine helps refugees clean their clothes without electricity
Source: BBC News
First woman of colour elected to the Scottish government
Source: Herald Scotland
A new deodorant has been designed for people with limited arm movement
Source: ABC News
Cloud-based emergency communication platform reduces crisis dispatch times
Source: BBC News
Forest sound detectives are monitoring the health of ecosystems with field recorders
Source: BBC News
No shame: the podcast taking on the Arab world’s sex and gender taboos
Source: The Guardian
Wetter the better: Gothenburg’s bold plan to be world’s best rainy city
Source: The Guardian