dylanmorgan, 10 months ago Here’s a study from 2019 quantifying the superiority of trees over artificial shade structures: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S1618866718304291 Tl;dr is that tree shade is 2-5° C cooler than artificial shade. Time to start lobbying city councils to plant trees all over and ideally include fruit trees for some urban edible forest action.
Here’s a study from 2019 quantifying the superiority of trees over artificial shade structures: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S1618866718304291
Tl;dr is that tree shade is 2-5° C cooler than artificial shade. Time to start lobbying city councils to plant trees all over and ideally include fruit trees for some urban edible forest action.