As Australian cities heat up, street trees are needed more than ever for their cooling. It turns out many are more resilient to heat than expected.

The trees in the sidewalk have cut down along Main Street and sidewalk is full of markings from Danbury Library to St. Peter Church in central downtown on Monday, June 9, 2025, in Danbury, Conn.

Some street trees such as jacarandas, London plane and the European nettle tree can thrive even under extreme heat and drought, while honey locust and Chinese elms are more sensitive to local ...

Planting and preserving the city's street trees is one method that brings many benefits, from the cool air of their shade to their ability to store carbon. Now, a new study takes a deeper look at ...

A pair of street closures for next week’s NASCAR Chicago race will take effect soon after heat caused pavement buckling near Grant Park.

Some roads closed ahead of schedule this week for the July 5-6 NASCAR Chicago Street Race after pavement around Grant Park buckled under extreme heat. Portions of Columbus and Balbo drives closed ...

The last street pavement project was done in 2023. Opperman said the bond funds help the city repair more roads at a time. “It allows us to do a lot more street paving than we normally do.

America’s Top Logger Bets It Can Make Money Off Small, Crooked Trees Weyerhaeuser’s $500 million plant in Arkansas will turn small trees once bound for paper mills into lumber ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Eighty-eight trees along Fayetteville Street were fitted with lights on their trunks and major limbs as part of a new project to enhance downtown's appeal.

Part of Newcastle city centre street fenced off with fallen masonry on pavement A small part of Grainger Street remains fenced off, though there was a larger police cordon in place earlier Comments ...

Incidents of pavement failing under heat are fairly rare, McGowan said, but that this week alone he’s read about several incidents across the country where similar things have happened.