David Nowak of the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station presents this video short course discussing how trees in cities provide important ecosystem services and help to reduce the urban heat island effect and lower building energy use.

 

David Nowak of the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station presents this video short course on:

• Ecosystem services provided by neighborhood trees.
• Carbon storage in neighborhood and urban trees.
• Balancing the carbon benefits of urban trees with the carbon costs of maintaining them through management.