Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY When summer turns up ...

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Urban parks are often seen as natural refuges from summer heat, but new Concordia research shows that, depending on the time ...

July is the ideal month to assess our need for trees. We may not even want to step out into the garden because of blistering heat, which could easily be mitigated by planting trees that cool the air, ...

I live in an older home – one built before the widespread use of central air conditioning. And, from my experience over the past four decades, previous generations had a pretty clever way of staying ...

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The effort comes as temperatures are expected to return to the 90s this week. A single tree can bring down the mean radiant ...

Richmond initiative, proposed canopy requirements and new research highlight push to cool hotter, underserved neighborhoods.

Colorado Springs is using federal funds to plant trees in southeast neighborhoods, combating the urban heat island effect and ...

When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the sun’s warmth and vehicles and air conditioners release more heat into the air. The temperature ...