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“Throwing Shade: Heat Islands, Public Health, And Clean Water”

“THROWING SHADE: HEAT ISLANDS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND CLEAN WATER”

A webinar by Jeremy S. Hoffman, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of the Science Museum of Virginia.

“Cities like Richmond, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C., are full of asphalt parking lots, roads, and brick buildings whose hard, dark surfaces absorb the sun’s heat. With trapped heat and less trees and green spaces, these cities get hot” and less healthy. Join Dr. Jeremy Hoffman for his illustrated webinar where he presents the effects of the urban heat island, including red-lining.

Of course Baltimore City and parts of the County fully resemble Richmond, Norfolk and D.C. in these regards.

TO WATCH THE WEBINAR, GO TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION WEBSITE

“A Green Solution to an Aging Stormwater System”

A Green Solution to an Aging Stormwater System

“Climate change means more floods, which overwhelm urban sewers and send raw sewage into rivers and streams. Philadelphia is aiming to capture rainwater before it flows into city drains.”

By Frances Stead Sellers, The Washington Post

“PHILADELPHIA — Julie Slavet leaned over the concrete culvert where Rock Run meets Tacony Creek and sniffed.

“At least it doesn’t smell today,” she said, crediting the chilly air.

Read the full Washington Post article here.