CoedCadwJun 19, 2025

🧵 Health & Wellbeing Grows on Trees.

During heatwaves, shaded surfaces under #trees can be up to 20°C cooler than areas exposed to the sun - sunlit surfaces in some circumstances surpassing a scorching 50°C! ☀️🔥

Trees don’t just cool our streets — they help protect your health & wellbeing, especially during extreme heat.

Everyone deserves equal access to the cooling, calming power of trees. That’s #TreeEquity - & it matters. 💚

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/benefits-of-urban-trees/tree-equity/

#Wales #UK #Health #HealthCare #heatwave

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Health & Wellbeing Grows on Trees.

During heatwaves, shaded surfaces under trees can be up to 20°C cooler than areas exposed to the sun - sunlit surfaces in some circumstances surpass a scorching 50°C! ☀️🔥

Trees don’t just cool our streets — they help protect your health & wellbeing, especially during extreme #heat.

📷 an affluent, high #TreeEquity area.

Trees matter! 💚

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/benefits-of-urban-trees/tree-equity/

#Wales #UK #Health #HealthCare #Heatwave

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🧵 3) Queen St, Cardiff.

#Economics are impacted by extreme #heat.

High temperatures reduce employee productivity, particularly in outdoor sectors like construction & agriculture. Indoor environments may also suffer from overheating, affecting office-based work.

Increased cooling needed during hotter summers strains #energy systems, leading to higher costs & potential outages.

High Streets, any business with low tree cover will impact sustainability.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/benefits-of-urban-trees/tree-equity/

#Heatwave #UK

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🧵 4) Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Tourism is impacted by extreme heat & the lack of good tree shade, & their wider eco services.

While warmer weather may boost domestic #tourism, extreme heat can deter visitors & increase operational costs for cooling & safety measures.

The cultural services of #trees - enhancing sense of place & identity, landscape, character, cultural heritage & aesthetics.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2018/06/benefits-of-trees-outside-woods/

#Heatwave #UK #Wales #Scotland #England #Ireland #ClimateChange #Economics

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🧵 End

Wooden Mole carving, Bute Park, Cardiff.

How do heatwaves affect wildlife?

The summer of 2022 hit a milestone in UK climate history. Records for extreme heat & low rainfall were broken as we experienced the hottest day on record. The effect on our health & economy was widely reported, but what effect do extreme heatwaves have on nature?

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2022/08/how-heatwaves-affect-wildlife/

#Trees & their shade isn't just vital to humans, but it is to all nature, to be able to thrive.

#Nature #Heatwave #UK