Source: Amy Chillag, WRAL TECHWIRE, 7/20/19


David Nowak, a senior US Forest Service and author of a study that documents the loss of tree cover, lists 10 benefits trees provide to society:
• Heat reduction: Trees provide shade for homes, office buildings, parks and roadways, cooling surface temperatures. They also take in and evaporate water, cooling the air around them. “Just walk in the shade of a tree on a hot day. You can’t get that from grass,” Nowak said. To get the full temperature benefit, tree canopy cover should exceed 40% 

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