Media
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News Release 24 Jan 2025
Growing a cooler city: New checklist helps you green your space
You don’t need a huge budget or a fancy plan to make your space green. A few shrubs, a potted plant, or a bit of lawn can clean up the air and cool things down.
News Release 24 Jan 2025
DIY climate resilience: New project aims to help streets adapt to climate change
Greening kits could help safeguard vulnerable communities from the impacts of a rapidly changing environment, according to a new project led by the University of Surrey
News Release 22 Jan 2025
Can DIY greening solutions transform your street and combat climate change?
Do-it-yourself (DIY) greening kits could help safeguard the country from the impacts of environment, according to the University of Surrey’s new project.
News Release 17 June 2026
The vicious cycle of heatwaves and urban heat islands... Green space creation acts as a 'climate shield'
In an era where heatwaves have become the norm due to climate change,
concrete cities suffer worse due to heat islands.
News Release 16 June 2026
City parks cool neighbourhoods beyond their borders
City parks are easy to love and hard to measure. We sense the cool shade and the calmer air, yet planners rarely have hard numbers to design around.
News Release 19 June 2026
Walk 100 yards from a city park and streets get hotter, dirtier, and noisier, study shows
A city park does more than provide outdoor opportunities to a neighbourhood; new research suggests it can significantly decrease outdoor pollutants and temperatures.
News Release 16 June 2026
Parks cut heat, pollution and noise
New research shows urban parks can reduce temperatures, pollution and noise hundreds of metres into surrounding neighbourhoods.
News Release 15 June 2026
Parks can cool neighbourhoods and cut pollution hundreds of meters beyond their boundaries, study finds
Urban parks could play a major role in protecting people from rising heat, pollution and noise in cities, according to new research led by the University of Surrey's GCARE.
News Release 22 June 2026
Urban parks help cities cool off, study finds
Parks in towns and cities can be cooler and are less polluted than surrounding streets, research from the University of Surrey shows.