Urban trees can reduce pedestrian-level air temperatures by up to 12°C. However, they can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night, therefore, selecting the appropriate tree species for urban layout and climate conditions is crucial
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University of Cambridge
Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
Temperatures in cities are rising across the globe and urban heat stress is already a major problem causing illness, death, a surge in energy use to cool buildings down, heat-related social
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Urban trees already save cities tens to hundreds of millions in stormwater costs 🌳💧, but a new paper shows they could do even more. By harvesting "stemflow" (the concentrated rainwater running down tree trunks) 🌧️, we could further reduce runoff and provide free irrigation for community gardens 🌱.
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ResearchGate
(PDF) Tapping the Urban Forest: Integrating Tree Canopy Runoff (Stemflow) into Blue-Green Infrastructure
PDF | On May 1, 2025, Jalayna Antoine and others published Tapping the Urban Forest: Integrating Tree Canopy Runoff (Stemflow) into Blue-Green Infrastructure | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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New research analyzing 🔎 350 million street view images 📷 finds urban tree canopies 🌳 may reduce cardiovascular disease 🫀 (-4%), while grassy areas 🌿 may increase it (+6%)
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Trees — not grass and other greenery — associated with lower heart disease risk in cities
Living in in urban areas with a higher percentage of trees is associated with a 4% decrease in cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Some trees are making air quality in cities worse: willows and poplars, widely planted in cities, release high levels of isoprene, a VOC that reacts with nitrogen oxides to form ozone
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Nature
These trees are making air quality in cities worse
Nature - They release compounds that contribute to ozone emissions, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.
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