fromLos Angeles Times
4 days agoMost of California's public K-12 students go to school on campuses with virtually no shade
The vast majority of urban, public grade schools in California are paved-over "nature deserts" sorely lacking in trees or shade - leaving most of the state's 5.8 million school-age children to bake in the sun during breaks from the classroom as rising global temperatures usher in more dangerous heat waves. That's the conclusion of a team of California researchers from UCLA, UC Davis and UC Berkeley who studied changes in the tree cover at 7,262 urban public schools across the Golden State
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