Urban trees cool the world’s cities more than we thought – but we can’t rely on them alone

Cities around the world rely on trees to keep temperatures lower. New research shows trees are remarkably effective – but can ...
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Kansas City's urban trees are dying off, even as the city hustles to plant more

Kansas City has committed to planting 10,000 trees in three years. But the city's existing tree canopy is relatively old and under stress by climate change and other factors. The approach of fall in ...
YES! Magazine

The Trees Are Speaking

Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone. Biologist Teresa Ryan has seen a lot of clear-cuts and loaded logging trucks. But this ...
The New York Times

To Discover L.A.’s Neighborhoods, Let the Trees Be Your Guide

There are palms, of course. But the city has one of the most diverse urban forests in the world and each neighborhood has its own characteristic plantings. Just follow the greenery. Looking up through ...
CNN

What are ‘exploding trees’? The winter phenomenon may not be what you think

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...