Climate and environmental protection modern energy Priority Research Area POB6

“More than 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, where Northern Research Station science is helping local government understand the myriad of ways that urban forests contribute to human health and wellbeing. Trees, parks, greenways, river and lake fronts, and yard trees are all considered urban natural resources, and in addition to making cities and communities more livable, they also reduce building energy use and atmospheric carbon dioxide, improve air and water quality, mitigate rainfall runoff and flooding, lower noise impacts, and enhance human health and social well-being.”

Source, read more (09/21/2021): https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/urban/