How moss could help roads cope with heavy rain and reduce air pollution
Already some countries are experimenting with using #moss in built-up areas to absorb air #pollution. As countries search for #nature-based solutions to #climate and #environmental challenges, #roadside moss is starting to attract attention. So could mossy motorway banks work?
Moss could offer environmental benefits over grass, from trapping air pollution to slowing #rainwater runoff during heavy storms.
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How moss could help roads cope with heavy rain and reduce air pollution
Moss can absorb pollution caused by traffic and grow in thin soil.The Conversation

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in reply to Mark Lansbury • • •In terms of land area, most of the US is arid or semi-arid. Moss never grows wild in this climate. You'd have to irrigate it.
When you fly at high altitude over the US, you see green circles. It's the result of circle-pivot irrigation.
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