Saving old trees may protect people's health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds
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A study conducted for 11 years in Chicago suggests that protecting mature trees could have a greater impact on the health of the population than just planting new ones. After analyzing the evolution of areas covered by tree crowns and over 220,000 deaths, researchers found that in areas that were constantly losing vegetation mortality tended to increase, especially in the hottest areas, while the expansion of the crown was associated with a decr…
Saving old trees may protect people's health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds
Losing mature trees from a neighborhood may be a matter of life and death, a new study suggests. The research, published Aug. 5 in the journal GeoHealth, tracked tree canopy cover and mortality across Chicago neighborhoods over 11 years. It found that it wasn't the number of trees in a neighborhood that was most strongly linked to residents' survival — it was whether the overall tree canopy was shrinking or growing from one year to the next. Nei…
A new study suggests that the loss of mature trees in a residential area can be a matter of life and death. The study, published Aug. 5 in the journal GeoHealth, tracked tree canopy area and mortality in various Chicago neighborhoods for 11 years. It found that the most important factor influencing residents’ survival was not the number of trees in an area, but whether the total canopy area was decreasing or increasing each year. In neighborhood…
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