The new data analysis from the Arbor Day Foundation revealed last year's 115 heat-related projects resulted in more than 52,000 trees planted or distributed with the specific aim of creating cooling.

New data shows that last year, nearly one-third of the Arbor Day Foundation’s tree planting work in cities and towns was related to addressing extreme heat. “Communities are struggling to ...

In total in 2024, the Arbor Day Foundation planted or distributed a combined 1.5 million trees across 409 tree planting projects in cities and towns. In addition to extreme heat, projects helped to ...

On Sunday at 1:08 p.m. the National Weather Service released a heat advisory valid from Monday 9 a.m. until Tuesday 9 p.m. for Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.

For the study, the researchers used a series of computer models between July and August 2022 to simulate how street tree planting in Las Vegas could provide relief from extreme heat and heat exposure.

A slight cooldown came with some stormy weather for some parts of southern Maine.

Experts say it can be more than 10 degrees hotter in the urban parts of the city versus the suburbs, thanks to a lack of trees.

Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL).

Dangerous Heat, Severe Storms Threaten Toms River Area, Weather Service Says A dangerous combination of extreme heat and severe weather will hit New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania starting Wednesday, ...