Adding more natural areas across our towns and cities could cool them by up to 6°C during heat waves, according to new research from the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE).
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Trees and other plants are also, you know, excellent carbon capture systems.
So I got in an argument with a friend who thinks govt is useless. This is exactly the kind of source I’ve been looking for. Where do you keep up with official announcements like this?
RSS is good place to start: https://www.usda.gov/rss/latest-releases.xml
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@roldyclark @End0fLine Well, if you are interested in the US gov’t:
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This is important for managing heat on a human level in cities. So I’m not saying this is stupid.
But don’t get this twisted: This is useless for addressing the climate change problem. It’s not even a bandaid on a stab wound, this is equivalent to offering someone bleeding out a glass of warm water and fanning them with a brochure about new plastic doodads. A trillion trees planted tomorrow wouldn’t even be a pebble on the pavement to that SUV flying down the fiery freeway.
I really hope more cities do this.
