Saturday, March 21, 2009

Heat Island Basics; USA; 3/20/09

Alliance for Community Trees : Jobs By Jared Liu
Increasing the amount of trees by even a small margin would help. The US Forest Service has found increasing the urban tree canopy by just 1% would bring maximum midday city temperatures down by .07 to .36 degrees Fahrenheit.

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