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Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: Study

Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: Study

PARIS: Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday.Modelling found that increasing tree cover to 30 percent would shave off 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7 degrees Fahrenheit) locally, on average, during hot summer months, they reported in The Lancet.Of the 6,700 premature deaths attributed to higher temperatures in 93 European cities during 2015, one third could have been prevented, according to the findings.Currently, just under 15 percent of urban environments in Europe, on average, are covered by some kind of foliage.The study is the first to project the number of premature deaths due to higher temperatures in cities that could be prevented by additional tree cover, said lead author Tamara Iungman, a researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.“We already know that high temperatures in urban environments are associated with negative health outcomes,

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