How a ‘Citizen Map’ Is Serving to Brazil Put together for Subsequent Large Flood
When Lucas George Wendt arrived in Lajeado in late Could, the water had already began to recede. Simply days earlier than, the peaks of roofs and the tops of bushes…
Confronted With Heavier Rains, Cities Scramble to Management Polluted Runoff
In 2011, Philadelphia’s city-owned water utility drew nationwide consideration when it started Inexperienced Metropolis, Clear Waters, a 25-year program to handle an growing quantity of stormwater by utilizing largely “inexperienced…
How Paving With Plastic Might Make a Dent within the International Waste Drawback
A street operating by Accra, Ghana’s capital, seems to be like some other blacktop. But what most drivers don’t notice is that the asphalt underneath them accommodates a slurry of…
Confronted With Heavier Rains, Cities Scramble to Management Polluted Runoff
In 2011, Philadelphia’s city-owned water utility drew nationwide consideration when it started Inexperienced Metropolis, Clear Waters, a 25-year program to handle an growing quantity of stormwater through the use of…
Contained in the Uphill Struggle for Clear Water in California’s Central Valley
California’s Central Valley, protecting shut to twenty,000 sq. miles, produces roughly 40 p.c of the US’ fruits, greens, and nuts. That abundance is the end result not solely of large-scale…
Connecting the Dots Between Environmental Injustice and the Coronavirus
Whereas cities and cities throughout the USA are wrestling with the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, none have been hit tougher than low-income and minority communities. Locations like Detroit,…
In a Refinery’s Ashes, Hope for an Finish to Many years of Air pollution
From the Passyunk Avenue Bridge in South Philadelphia, the view to the southeast is dominated by an enormous oil refinery that after produced extra petroleum merchandise than every other on…
After a Decade of Planning, New York Metropolis Is Elevating Its Shoreline
On a current morning in Asser Levy Playground, on Manhattan’s East Facet, a bunch of retirees traded serves on a handball court docket adjoining to a lately accomplished 10-foot-high floodwall.…
City Waters: Discovering the Hidden Great thing about a Jersey River
In southern New Jersey’s closely urbanized Camden County, the Cooper River winds previous factories, underneath interstate freeway bridges, and over dams constructed way back to drive mills or management water…
Might the World Increase in Greenhouses Assist Cool the Planet?
The world is awash with greenhouses rising contemporary greens year-round for health-conscious urbanites. There are such a lot of of them that in locations their plastic and glass roofs are…