STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All tree shade may not be equal. For Alex Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning ...

When the summer heat rolls in, your garden can quickly become a sun trap — and not every corner is built to withstand it. There are parts of your garden that will benefit far more from the cooling ...

“One of the things we’re going to be doing in the ride is visually and sensorially taking in the shade,” Brenna Bell, one of the ride organizers and 350PDX’s Forest Climate Manager, said to the group ...

While some older parts of town average as much as 17% shade, other areas dip to 7% or 8%. “There’s a lot of pushback – ‘You plant more trees, well, we’re going to have to use more water ...

Studies have shown that tree canopy — coverage created by mature shade trees — can be linked to myriad socioeconomic factors. ... “The rich parts of town have a lot of trees,” he said.

Two rows of new shade trees along Phoenix’s Baseline Road offer the kind of life-changing and life-saving infrastructure that the nation should emulate, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego said while ...

The students mapped tree cover in their neighborhood. They calculated that Eastie sidewalks have just 15 percent of the ideal number of trees. Their goal is to double that.

Tampa’s tree canopy has shrunk by an amount roughly equivalent to clear-cutting four Davis Islands in the last decade, ... numerous large shade trees create a canopy on July 6 in Tampa.

If a child’s health and well-being can be improved with just a couple of trees, imagine what a whole school campus and a neighborhood with extra canopy coverage could do. Heather McMillen of the ...