You aren't imagining things, those dog days of summer are getting hotter. Longer, hotter heat waves are becoming the norm, and keeping cool in your backyard is becoming more challenging. Higher temps ...

A tree-shaded lawn is an oasis in the summertime simply because it provides cover from the sun's rays, but the benefits of trees extend beyond shade. Trees reduce greenhouse gases, filter air ...

LIVABILITY SCORE TO COMPILE THE LIST. AND NOW TO OUR IMPACT. WEATHER. AS OUR AREA HAS BEEN UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY TODAY AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND. YOU GOT TO FIND SOME SHADE.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State forest economists find that tree canopies provide “a little green” for big city and small-town residents alike. Professors Donald Grebner and Stephen Grado in the ...

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, ...

Discover practical strategies to cool Indian backyards with shade trees and structures. From neem and mango to pergolas and ...

Nick Lodato wanted to do something big to celebrate the100th anniversary of Emerson Elementary School, where he is the principal. As a lover of nature, he decided there could be no better way than to ...

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is taking action in its fight against relentless heat by updating an existing plan to cool the streets with trees and shade structures. The City Council voted Wednesday ...

Sixty miles east of Winslow, on the windswept plains of the Painted Desert, maroon-colored Triassic fossils recall a forest more than 200 million years old. Felled logs of the ancient conifer species ...