Tree cover is key to cooling cities

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-tree-key-cooling-cities.html

Weather measurements in Leeds have shown that many green spaces, such as parks, gardens and forests, were cooler than surrounding urban environments, also known as gray spaces.


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At 42 degrees north latitude, 1 square foot of asphalt generates 80 watts of heat on a sunny summer day. A Walmart parking lot makes more waste heat than an AI datacenter.