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A new mapping system will assist Marion County in prioritizing where to plant more trees to help build climate resilience and alleviate flooding, heat illness and air pollution ― especially in ...
Climate change in Ohio is of concern due to its impacts on the environment, people, and economy of Ohio. The annual mean temperature in Ohio has increased by about 1.2 °F (0.67 °C) since 1895. [1] According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, "All regions of Ohio have warmed." [2]
Afforestation can also improve the local climate through increased rainfall and by being a barrier against high winds. The additional trees can also prevent or reduce topsoil erosion (from water and wind), floods and landslides. Finally, additional trees can be a habitat for wildlife, and provide employment and wood products. [2]
Local governments use a variety of stormwater management techniques to reduce the effects of urban runoff. These techniques, called best management practices for water pollution (BMPs) in some countries, may focus on water quantity control, while others focus on improving water quality, and some perform both functions. [18]
A line of thunderstorms moved through the southeastern U.S. this weekend with heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding across the Ohio Valley and Appalachians and severe weather across the ...
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Trees are an important, cost-effective solution to reducing pollution and improving air quality. [citation needed] Trees reduce temperatures and smog. With an extensive and healthy urban forest air quality can be drastically improved. Trees help to lower air temperatures and the urban heat island effect in urban areas. This reduction of ...
Liquid 3 (also known as Liquid Trees) is a clean energy photobioreactor project designed to replace the function of trees in heavily polluted urban areas where planting and growing real vegetation is not viable. The project was designed by the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Belgrade. The United Nations Development ...