A new map of Los Angeles highlights one form of inequality: which of the city’s streets and homes get the benefit of shade from the the city’s 10-million-plus trees. The city is the first to pilot a ...

More trees mean healthier neighborhoods, and a new map is helping the city of Chicago identify neighborhoods that could benefit from increased investment in street trees. Health geographer and data ...

Last fall nearly 20 Calvin biology students went sleuthing on campus, meter sticks, notebooks and GPS devices in hand. The goal? To document every tree of at least five inches in diameter on the west ...

A new mapping system will assist Marion County in prioritizing where to plant more trees to help build climate resilience and alleviate flooding, heat illness and air pollution ― especially in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All tree shade may not be equal. For Alex Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, ...

The scientific consensus is that the world will soon realize the dreaded 1.5°C increase, a milestone experts have long believed to be a tipping point in climate change. We often hear about global ...

You can find out how leafy your neighborhood is compared with others with a new online tool. The state Department of Natural Resources and American Forests, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, ...

AI has dominated the headlines lately — and not necessarily in a good way. From AI bot ChatGPT helping college students plagiarize essays to tools like Dall-E potentially spreading misinformation, ...

A tree-lined street in Los Angeles, where Google is piloting a new mapping tool that aids cities in identifying areas where additional tree coverage is needed the most. (De'Andre Bush/UnSplash) As ...