Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

Climate change has become increasingly severe, threatening ecosystem stability and, in
particular, biodiversity. As a typical indicator of ecosystem evolution, vegetation growth is …

Cities are generally warmer than their adjacent rural land, a phenomenon known as the
urban heat island (UHI). Often accompanying the UHI effect is another phenomenon called …

Surface temperature is often used to examine heat exposure in multi‐city studies and for
informing urban heat mitigation efforts due to scarcity of urban air temperature …

Climate warming disproportionately impacts countries in the Global South by increasing
extreme heat exposure. However, geographic disparities in adaptation capacity are unclear …

Urban trees contribute to summer cooling by offering solar shading and evapotranspiration.
But their relative significance is still unclear due to the challenges in directly measuring tree …

Accurately predicting weather and climate in cities is critical for safeguarding human health
and strengthening urban resilience. Multimodel evaluations can lead to model …

An increase in urban vegetation is an often proposed mitigation strategy to reduce urban
heat and improve outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). Vegetation can alter urban microclimate …

Increasing urban tree cover is an often proposed mitigation strategy against urban heat as
trees are expected to cool cities through evapotranspiration and shade provision. However …

Tree planting is a prevalent strategy to mitigate urban heat. Tree cooling efficiency (TCE),
defined as the temperature reduction for a 1% tree cover increase, plays an important role in …