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. There are some ...

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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, ...

Well, since it's been a little warm lately — and I have to say I sure feel sorry for roofers having to work when temperatures on a roof must approach something like the heat found on the surface of ...

How do you cool yourself on a hot day? Perhaps you find shade, switch on a fan or retreat to air conditioning? But spare a thought for tropical forest trees. As the climate warms, they must either ...

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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Heat is stressful for humans and trees alike. The summer sun scorches moisture from soil, burns leaves and dries out roots. Older trees may be better adapted to the heat, but younger ones can also ...

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