Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY When summer turns up ...

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I live in an older home – one built before the widespread use of central air conditioning. And, from my experience over the past four decades, previous generations had a pretty clever way of staying ...

When summer heat waves hit Seattle, the thermometer tells only part of the story. While affluent neighborhoods north of the ship canal stay relatively cool under their leafy canopies, South Seattle ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the sun’s warmth and vehicles and air conditioners release more heat into the ...