'We're trying to reforest the city': Local groups work to co

'We're trying to reforest the city': Local groups work to combat heat island effect in New Orleans


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'We're trying to reforest the city': Local groups work to combat heat island effect in New Orleans
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape has planted 5,000 trees in five years
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Updated: 6:51 PM CDT Jul 28, 2021
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape has planted 5,000 trees in five years
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Updated: 6:51 PM CDT Jul 28, 2021
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YEAH TRAVEERS SO IN SOME CASES EXPERTS SAY THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT CAN MAKE IT FEEL UP TO SEVEN DEGREES WARMER IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THE CITY SAYS THERE ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN FIGHT BACK. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW ORLEANS ARE KNOWN FOR BIG BEAUTIFUL TREES. WE HAVE NO TREES AROUND THE AREA BUTS A MANYF, O YOU KNOW, NOT ALL AREAS ARE AS LUCKY. THIS STREETS I GNGOI TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED. THANKS TO THESE TREES SUSANNA BURLEY IS THE FOUNDER OF SUSTAINING OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE OR SULEO THE GROUP HAS PLANTED 5,000 TREES OVER FIVE YEARS IN ANFF EORT TO REFOREST ETH CITY. WE WANT TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE THRGHOUHE RULES OF TREES, BUT ALSO THROUGHHE T POWER OF ADSHE WHICH LOWERS AIR TEMPERATURES AND ALSO THROUGH THEIR STORMWATER ABSORPTION POWER BURLEY SAYS THIS TREE ON THE NEUALTR GROUND CAN ABSORB 1,000 GALLONS OF STORMWATER IN A SINGLE DAY. ETHES NEWLY PLANTED TREES ALONG SOUTH GALVEZ CAN ABSORB ABOUT 200 IT JUST ANNOYING THING SUMMERTIME. 'I’S GONNA GET HIGH THEN THERE’S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHADE AND THE HEAT IDSLAN EFFECT. THIS IS BECAE ROUSAD AND A ROOFTOPS THEY ABSORB HEAT DURING THE DAY AND THEN THEY EMIT THAT HEAT OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE SOLUTION EARLY SAYS REMEOV SOME OF THE PAVEMTEN AND REPLENISH A TREE CANOPY THAT LOST AT LEAST 100,000 TESRE TO KATRINA. WE NEED TO PLANTOTS L AND LOTS OF TREES WE NEED TO UNPAVE AREAS. WE NEETOD KNOW GREETING THE CITY REALLY IF WE’RE GOING TO COOL DOWN IN A REAL WAY. THE BEAUTIFUL COULD HAVE GOT THEM LINED ALL THE WAY DOWN. JUST LOVELY. AND SO THE CITY HAS SET A GOAL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TREE CANOPY OF 50% BY THE TIME WE HIT 2030 THAT GROUP SOUL HAS ACTULYAL ANALYZED THE CITY RECENTLY AND SAY RIGHT NOW TTHA NUMBER STANDS AT 20% REPORTING LIVE A

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