Mapping Trees In Urban Areas Can Help Fight Climate Change

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 warming in the context of rising sea levels, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events – such as floods and hurricanes.

There’s another phenomenon that’s increasingly on the front line of climate change: urban heat islands.

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