New York spent 8 years planting one million trees. Now the city is aiming for 30% tree cover by 2040 to transform its fight against rising heat
- PC: AI GeneratedFor decades, New York has been associated with skyscrapers, traffic and tightly packed neighbourhoods rather than large-scale environmental restoration.
- Yet across the city's streets, parks and residential areas, an enormous change has been taking place almost unnoticed.
- Trees planted years ago are now reaching maturity, casting wider shade over pavements, cooling busy roads and gradually altering the character of many communities.
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- PC: AI GeneratedFor decades, New York has been associated with skyscrapers, traffic and tightly packed neighbourhoods rather than large-scale environmental restoration.
- Yet across the city's streets, parks and residential areas, an enormous change has been taking place almost unnoticed.
- Trees planted years ago are now reaching maturity, casting wider shade over pavements, cooling busy roads and gradually altering the character of many communities.
Sources: Times of India