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As urban tree shade shrinks, mortality rises

As trees disappear from urban neighborhoods, lives may be lost with them.

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As trees disappear from urban neighborhoods, lives may be lost with them. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists tracked death rates and fluctuations in tree canopy cover across an 11-year period in Chicago. They found that areas experiencing greater losses in tree canopy—land covered by trees' leafy crowns—also experienced higher mortality rate…

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