It's been a brutally hot summer throughout the U.S., and it's even worse in many urban pockets. Trees can help.

They’re known as "urban heat islands" – places where a lack of greenery and proliferation of pavement create sweltering ...

The goal for this project is to find the best method to restore an area of lawn to native habitat—more specifically to shortgrass prairie. The soil itself presents the biggest obstacle as it has been ...

Pollinator corridors are quickly becoming the next big focus in urban and suburban gardening, with more than 22% of native ...

If you live in a concrete jungle, it might be hard to find green spaces. Those are public areas in a city covered, at least partly, with grass, trees, shrubs, or other plants. Research shows they ...

Urban apartments often struggle with limited floor space, but one powerful way to bring nature indoors is to grow plants upwards. Vertical gardening maximizes wall space, without overcrowding ...

The presence of more native Australian flowering plants in urban areas can help boost declining bee numbers, with new Curtin University research finding them to be the preferred source of food for ...

A new study presents a high-resolution emissions mapping framework for megacities, revealing how carbon responsibility has ...

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "Climate resilience strategies in urban, rural areas." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 May 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240508121206.htm>.

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is an ancient practice that involves immersing in nature to enhance well-being ...

GreenTwins created 3D models for pilot areas in Tallinn, Estonia, and in Helsinki, Finland, to demonstrate the benefits of Virtual Green Planner, Urban Tempo and the dynamic vegetation layer for ...