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United Kingdom: Planting trees 'could cut flood risk'
2016-03-11 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Natural defences, including planting more trees, could be a solution to the country's flooding problems, according to new research. In a study led by the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, scientists found that planting trees could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20 per cent. They found strategic planting on flood plains could help towns downstream reduce the "peak height" of floods. But the scientists warned that natural flood defences would need to be combined...
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