There are three times as many parking spaces as people in America's suburban heartland, researchers have learned, and those parking lots are a prime source of water pollution.Heavy metals, oil, grease and contaminated sediment are washing into rivers and lakes at an alarming rate. And because large parking lots keep rain from soaking into the ground, they are a prime cause of erosion and flooding, LiveScience reports.
Vast paved areas also contribute to the urban heat island effect, raising temperatures five or six degrees Fahrenheit by absorbing more of the sun's rays than the surrounding ground.
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