{"id":92,"date":"2023-06-30T23:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T23:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/?p=92"},"modified":"2023-07-01T00:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:59:59","slug":"urban-forestry-seeks-help-in-effort-to-cool-heat-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/2023\/06\/30\/urban-forestry-seeks-help-in-effort-to-cool-heat-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Forestry seeks help in effort to cool heat islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Nicholas York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Temperatures are rapidly rising and \u201cheat islands\u201d are developing in Boston\u2019s most vulnerable neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heat islands, areas without the coverage of tree canopies, experience exceptionally hot temperatures and can create dangerous conditions for residents, according to a study by the Museum of Science in 2019. It found that the effects of heat islands in Boston can be fatal, causing more deaths than any other weather event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/Hl8C8wYmeOpKW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/Hl8C8wYmeOpKW\/embed.jpg?buster=1688170000071\" alt=\"Urban Forestry seeks community involvement in effort to cool heat islands\" style=\"width:100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, officials at The Department of Urban Forestry are planting and treating tree to decrease city temperatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}