🌍✨ Pampered city trees deal with stress better than their country cousins
Why we’re watching: The next time you pass an urban tree, stop to appreciate what it’s been through.
As a youngster, it was especially vulnerable to pests and diseases, not to mention vandalism. 💚
Now grown up, it must contend with ever-rising temperatures due to the heat island effect — the built environment’s tendency to soak up solar energy and slowly release it at night. You might assume, then, that city trees are by default worse off than …
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- 📌 Key signal: The next time you pass an urban tree, stop to appreciate what it’s been through. As a youngster, it was especially vulnerable…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Grist.