Albuquerque is facing increasingly extreme climatic events, compounded by the city’s urban heat island effect. Urban trees are a cost-effective, nature-based solution to mitigating climate change and improving the livability in cities and towns. Albuquerque’s estimated 1.5 million urban trees are quietly benefiting human and wildlife inhabitants, providing air and water pollution removal, carbon sequestration, carbon storage, building energy savings, heat mitigation, reduction of stormwater runoff, and improving physical and physiological health and well-being for residents.
Marisa Thompson will take this concept into our future, describing the trees most likely to continue serving our urban environment as climate change proceeds. This is the culmination of a project involving several contributing organizations, including the Nature Conservancy and the USDA/NMSU Extension service, of which Marisa is the NMSU Extension Urban Horticulture Specialist.
At last, we return to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW near Old Town.
We will meet in the multipurpose room as we did before the pandemic. Masks are optional and seating is first come/first choice. The first 15 minutes will allow time to socialize and to check out the book table. Please be seated at 7:15.
Albuquerque is facing increasingly extreme climatic events, compounded by the city’s urban heat island effect. Urban trees are a cost-effective, nature-based solution to mitigating climate change and improving the livability in cities and towns. Albuquerque’s estimated 1.5 million urban trees are quietly benefiting human and wildlife inhabitants, providing air and water pollution removal, carbon sequestration, […]
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