Five walking or cycle trails through trees if you crave a cooling breeze

A leafy canopy could be just what you need to stay cool
Five walking or cycle trails through trees if you crave a cooling breeze

If it's getting too muggy this summer you could head for shady greenways or forest trails to keep the rays off your head. 

And even if you're staying in the city or town there are also numerous studies showing that urban trees exhibit lower temperatures than urban fabric across most European cities in summer and during hot extremes. 

Large parks or tracts of urban trees can cool daytime summer air temperatures by about 10°F (McPherson and Simpson, 1995).

Increasing the green cover of cities by 10% or more could help temper the local temperature rise projected for coming decades as climate change manifests (Gill et al. 2007). Trees provide an evaporative cooling effect that can decrease local air temperatures by several degrees Fahrenheit. This effect typically reaches its peak when evaporation levels are highest, usually at midday.

Here are five great greenways to check out

Walking Trails

Monaghan Greenway

Monaghan

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Walking Trails

Belleek Wood Greenway

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Trails Walking

Coachford Greenway

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Trails Walking

Curragh Chase — Glenisca Trail

Limerick

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Walking Trails

The Loop of Laghile and Loughaun

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