Damek.

What Ezra says, and the Mark Kleiman he links to:
Today’s Washington Posthas a story about tree-planting in urban areas. The numbers are spectacular. In Los Angeles, tree-planting could reduce temperatures by as much as 5 degrees F., in addition to reducing air pollution and improving visibility. Yet apparently the urban, and especially suburban, tree cover [...]

Via Starts and Fits, we discover futurebird, who is writing an “urban naturalist” series. Interesting stuff, particularly the post Starts and Fits highlighted about the integration of public space into urban living:

Urban living cannot be understood without seeing each urban dwelling as larger than the private spaces of apartments. The urban living space is [...]