The city of Long Beach, California has many problems to deal with, but get this, the rising sea-level is not the top priority. Actually, their biggest problem is the heat. Specifically, the rising temperature. Long Beach's Mayor, Robert Garcia, said the following, "The increase in temperature is the real concern right now. It’s top of our list." The new prediction for 2050 is that the temperature expected to increase between 2.3 and 2.7 degrees. City hall ahs come up with a plan to fight the heat and hopefully lower is for good becasue 100 degrees in May is way too hot for my liking. the city's plan is "to create more parks and plant 10,000 trees in low-income areas of town to combat the heat. One study carried out at a local elementary school, and another at an office complex, showed that tree shade could reduce temperatures by as much as 3 degrees."
This sounds like a good idea right, but there is another problem. Long Beach also has a water problem. Creating more green spaces creates more need for proper irrigation. The city has been on water use prohibitions are still in effect. Also the water is barely reused because of the little amount of it, "In an average year, the Long Beach Water Department (LBWD) obtains 40 percent of its water from imported sources and 53 percent from groundwater—which is also partially dependent upon imported sources for recharge. Recycled water accounts for just 7 percent of the city’s water supply." The city also coming up with designs on how to re-create the community to benefit the resident of Long Beach to cool them down with some cool designs (pun intended). If you would like to read the full article click the button below.
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