Jacaranda, black locust and London plane: common street trees show surprising resilience to growing heat in Australia

By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Western Sydney University
Mark G Tjoelker, Professor of Ecology and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Matthew Brookhouse, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Australian National University
Sally Power, Professor of Ecology, Western Sydney University

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.

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