THE LANCET: Planting more trees could decrease deaths from higher summer temperatures in cities by a third, modelling study suggests

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THE LANCET: Planting more trees could decrease deaths from higher summer temperatures in cities by a third, modelling study suggests

One third of premature deaths attributable to higher temperatures in European cities during summer 2015 could have been prevented by increasing urban tree cover to 30%, reveals a modelling study published in The Lancet. The study also found that tree cover reduced urban temperatures by an average of 0.4 degrees during the summer.