For some 60 years, the phrase “concrete jungle” has been used to describe American cities — evoking images of hot, hardscrabble urban spaces. In recent years, however, increasing attention has been ...
WITH ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CITY’S TREE CANOPY. BACK IN 2015, A STUDY DETERMINED THAT LOUISVILLE LOSES OVER 54,000 TREES PER YEAR. BUT THANKS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT ...
With many areas of Southern California starved for shade, the region’s largest water supplier has launched a rebate program offering residents and businesses up to $500 as an incentive to plant trees.
Philadelphia officially has a plan to become a greener, shadier city. Officials released the city’s first-ever strategic plan for its “urban forest” Thursday. The 10-year roadmap includes dozens of ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists have used high-resolution satellite images to create a map of global canopy heights, and to also develop an AI model that can predict ...
A grove of trees stands in a grassy area of the old state mental hospital in Columbia. Tracy Glantz [email protected] Trees that provide cooling shade in Columbia are falling to the axes of ...
You might be used to the feeling of Earth under your feet, but did you know that there’s soil high above your head? Way up in the treetops, where ferns, mosses, flowers, and even trees grow on top of ...
Thami Croeser receives grant funding from Hort Innovation and The Ian Potter Foundation. He has previously received funding from the Australian Research Council and the European Union. Can you see ...
On the hottest day ever recorded in Honolulu – Aug. 31, 2019 – a group of volunteers organized by the Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency attached heat sensors to their ...