Green Roof Drought 2011 New York Times

In california in 2014 alone the cost of the drought was 2 2 billion with 17 000 agricultural jobs lost.

Green roof drought 2011 new york times.

Green roofs not only retain rainwater decreasing sewer discharge but they also help reduce air pollution. As its name suggests a vegetated or green roof includes shallow rooted plant material that can withstand extreme climatic conditions atop buildings. We took a field trip to the largest green roof in new york city. More recently the new york city council passed a.

One of the largest green roofs in new york city was unveiled wednesday by the united states postal service at its morgan processing and distribution center on ninth avenue between 29th and 30th streets. The new york times analysis of the palmer index which tracks rates of drought going back 100 years found that the 10 year average for drought has been increasing for most of the last 20 years. Inspired by a summer of relentless heat and drought designers in austin tex are using native prairie grass to create landscapes that thrive in even the worst of conditions. Find breaking news multimedia reviews opinion on washington business sports movies travel books jobs education real estate cars.

The severe drought across texas has hit the oil and gas city of midland especially hard as i reported in friday s new york times and texas tribune since oct. 1 midland has received only 0 13 inches of rainfall making it most likely the driest six and a half month period in recorded history said david hennig a midland based meteorologist with the national weather service. The new york times. Then we imagined what the city could be like if all of its roof space was green.

New york city s sewers are. The upside of landscaping your roof is well documented. The seventh floor rooftop of the 1930s building has been transformed from a tar and stone covered no man s land into a 2 5 acre parklike recreational space for. These assemblies offer numerous potential benefits from absorbing rainwater runoff and providing insulation to mitigating the urban heat island effect and providing greenspace.