Tuesday, August 2, 2016
With Support from Sloan, Research Points to Mechanisms on Why 'Green' Helps in Urban Life
New research finds that airborne bacterial communities differ from one urban park to the next but those of parking lots are alike -- and differ from those of parks in subtle but potentially important ways.
At a glance, such findings seem intuitive.
Parks often have different vegetation in them, and asphalt-covered parking lots are much the same -- barren asphalt bombarded by solar radiation as well as heavy metals and fuel from motor vehicles.