To Reduce Mortality From High Heat in Cities, a New Study Recommends Trees

Nearly 40 percent of the thousands of deaths that can be attributed to high heat levels in cities could have been avoided through increased tree coverage, a recent study from Barcelona’s Institute of Global Health found.  Past studies have linked urban heat with increased mortality rate and hospital admissions for adults and children. This link […]

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Climate Change Makes Things Harder for Unhoused Veterans

On a Friday afternoon in early September, the temperature stood at 94 degrees at Windsor Veterans Village just north of Santa Rosa, California—sweet relief from earlier in the week, when the mercury soared to 114 degrees. The sky looked hazy with smoke from the Mosquito Fire, which had already consumed tens of thousands of acres […]

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