Planting trees in cities will be an essential, life-saving adaptation to climate change in the coming decades - eviltoast
Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: study
phys.org
Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/875222

We’ve known for a long time that trees can keep the built environment cooler, but with heat waves and deaths spiking worldwide, it has become an urgent need in many areas.