Muffly first began looking for drought-resistant trees 15 years ago, while leading a project to plant 1,000 trees along a two-mile stretch of highway that runs through East Palo Alto.

But trees—the right trees—have recently been found to thrive in urban environments. “In the urban case, it had been assumed that a tree growing in the city was struggling,” says Hutyra ...

Think About Your Urban Trees Before Planting Them, Research Says. Though we may be tempted to simply seed-bomb any and all available urban land, emerging research suggests that using street trees to ...

Ambitious tree-planting efforts are usually announced with much fanfare, ... One model suggests that urban temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona, the hottest city in the US, ...

Urban trees remove the equivalent of the carbon dioxide emissions of nearly 140,000 cars. Shading and evapotranspiration from trees can reduce peak summer temperatures 2 to 9 degrees.

To plant a tree in a public place, you need permission from the city first. Many will be eager to grant it. ... we’ll need to plant some 31 million trees per year in urban areas.

By Carolyn Cowan BANGKOK — Urban tree-planting efforts are gathering pace in Bangkok, underpinned by aspirations to boost climate resilience, mitigate dust pollution, and conserve biodiversity.

Urban Trees: Let’s Grow Old Together. Mature urban trees are known to reduce crime, improve air quality and save energy. Many local policies focus on the number of trees that get planted, rather than ...

Thirty years of urban tree planting by the Portland-based nonprofit Friends of Trees was linked to significant reductions in cardiovascular-related deaths and non-accidental mortality overall, a ...

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist. Contact Curtis Short ...