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Urban forest combats Karachi's extreme heat

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Manaf Siddique in Karachi
July 31, 2023

A heat wave in Pakistan's Karachi city in 2015 killed hundreds of people. Ever since then, one man has been on a quest to minimize the impact of such extreme weather.

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