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Researchers Aim To Find Out How Much Stress Urban Trees Can Handle

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An aerial view of Manhattan looking south over Central Park on July 1, 2007 in New York City. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view of Manhattan looking south over Central Park on July 1, 2007 in New York City. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

Urban planners and researchers across the U.S. often point out the benefits of trees in city life. The City of Phoenix has a goal of covering a quarter of the city with a tree canopy by 2030.

In addition to providing shade, urban trees remove pollution from the air. A recent Forest Service study estimated the air-cleaning effect of trees in New York City saves about eight lives a year.

And as Matt Richmond from Here & Now contributor WCPN Ideastream reports, researchers are beginning to closely examine how much stress urban trees can handle.

Read more on this story via WCPN.

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Matt Richmond, reporter for WCPN Ideastream in Cleveland.

This segment aired on August 17, 2016.

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