Positive environmental news: Salmon cannon aids fish migration, cities adapt to heat waves
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Martin Kuebler
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A roundup of positive environmental news, featuring a Seattle company's "salmon cannon" that helps fish migrate past dams using a tube system with water cushioning, and coverage of cities finding innovative ways to cope with intensifying heat waves due to global warming.
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Migrating salmon have found a new way to get where they're going
Good news about the state of the planet might seem to be in short supply but it's out there.
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