You aren't imagining things, those dog days of summer are getting hotter. Longer, hotter heat waves are becoming the norm, and keeping cool in your backyard is becoming more challenging. Higher temps ...

Cities are living organisms — constantly growing, shifting, and reshaping themselves around the people who inhabit them. But not all parts of a city grow evenly. One of the clearest indicators of ...

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is taking action in its fight against relentless heat by updating an existing plan to cool the streets with trees and shade structures. The City Council voted Wednesday ...

With 425 heat-associated deaths confirmed so far, 2023 is likely to have the deadliest heat season since Maricopa County started its current tracking system in 2012. But a new tree-planting effort ...

As an urban runner, V. Kelly Turner is always looking for some shade. She doesn’t want to overheat. Most weekday mornings, her usual route takes her down the shadiest stretch of Los Feliz Boulevard, ...

In 2010, Phoenix City Council approved an ambitious goal to plant enough trees to shade 25% of the city by 2030. Thirteen years later, city officials don't know how much progress they've made, if any.

Lining the streets of Boise’s North End are stands of tall trees, with broad leaves that merge into a canopy, providing cool shade to pedestrians in the summer months. Outside of the North End, Boise ...

An orange-vested man marched along Old Archer Road. Diligently counting his paces, Ross Barreto stepped over a jumble of roots to photograph his subject: a beastly oak. The tree seemed to watch him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In central Phoenix, rows of multidecadal Aleppo pines and evergreens form lush corridors along residential city streets. Their ...

Signs of the times: Drive Development advertises a luxury designer home along a fence in the 2000 block of Secoffee Street in North Coconut Grove Al Diaz adiaz@miamiherald.com Tree lovers in Miami are ...