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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

Additionally the Green Roof components and the plants are exposed to more extreme environmental impact like higher wind speeds, reflecting surfaces, higher temperatures, air pollution, artificial light at night, lower bio-diversity and more. Engineered Growth Media or soil that meets parameters of FLL*. Vegetation.

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Water-to-Air Ratio GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

Additionally the Green Roof components and the plants are exposed to more extreme environmental impact like higher wind speeds, reflecting surfaces, higher temperatures, air pollution, artificial light at night, lower bio-diversity and more. Engineered Growth Media or soil that meets parameters of FLL*. Vegetation. . .

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What’s best for you: Rain garden or bioswale?

Greenability Magazine

Both a rain garden and bioswale retain or slow the movement of water from the property, decreasing stormwater runoff. Water leaving your property carries particles of soil and organic debris with it. Rain gardens and bioswales slow the movement allowing it to soak into the soil and reduce flash flooding issues.

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Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem

Envirotec Magazine

As the phrase ‘forever chemicals’ enters the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time in 2024, and these fluorinated substances expand the list of micropollutants, it might be time for a change in the way these persistent environmental pollutants are tackled. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean.

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Meet the Innovators in Elemental Excelerator’s 9th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

As always, equity and access is at the forefront of our mission to fund critical solutions for climate change, particularly in communities affected by the compounding effects of pollution, vulnerable infrastructure, and limited economic opportunities. Entrepreneurs may have half the solution, and communities often have the other half. .

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What we’re looking to fund in Cohort 10

Elemental Excelerator

Stormwater management and flood resiliency solutions. Enhanced roadway infrastructure safety, resiliency, and disaster planning. But just as food production and consumption are key drivers of climate change, creating a regenerative food system can help us sequester carbon in soil and create healthier waterways and ecosystems.