Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4 degrees and prevent heat-related deaths. (Average ...

The number of trees killed could increase in the future According to their estimates, lightning kills about 320 million trees annually, accounting for 2.1% to 2.9% of all plant biomass loss annually.

RGB imagery of the study area. The position of 3 plots with lidar reference is marked by yellow rectangle. The center of 1,436 plantations with species and age labels is represented by red dots.