Growing efforts in greening of NUS campus

University will plant over 10,000 trees in next three years

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By shading heat-absorbing surfaces and mitigating the urban heat island effect, the trees are expected to cool down surrounding temperatures by about 1 deg C.

Each new tree will also be tagged and listed in a Geographical Information System database.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 22, 2018, with the headline Growing efforts in greening of NUS campus. Subscribe