A study that tracked the area covered by the crowns of trees in Chicago over the course of 11 years found that in the neighborhoods that have lost out of this vegetation the mortality rates have increased.
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A study that tracked the area covered by the crowns of trees in Chicago over the course of 11 years found that in the neighborhoods that have lost out of this vegetation the mortality rates have increased.
The researchers analyzed the area covered by the crowns of trees and over 220,000 deaths, and the results indicate a link between the evolution of urban vegetation and the rate of mortality. The research, published on August 5, in the magazine "GeoHealth", followed the neighborhoods of Chicago between 2011 and 2021. Scientists found that not the number of trees in one area was the most important indicator, but how the area covered by their crown…