With $25 Million and Community Collaboration, Baltimore Is Becoming a Living Climate Lab
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A Johns Hopkins climate scientist named Ben Zaitchik came to the city to study the heat island effect. Now, with millions in federal funding, he’s putting neighborhood concerns at the heart of the five-year project on urban heat, flooding, air pollution and decarbonization.
By Aman Azhar
Harm City: Fifth in a series about environmental justice and climate adaptation in Baltimore’s neighborhoods.