THE GIFTS OF TREES

THE GIFTS OF TREES

A tree produces up to 250 pounds of oxygen per year– between 1990-2007, forests also absorbed about one-third of global fossil fuel emissions.
Computational modeling studies find that trees can reduce particulate matter (PM) fro 7% to over 20%.
Trees reduce temperatures between 2-8 degrees Celsius.
Trees store away carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration– a tree can hold up to 800 pounds of CO2 per year.
Trees are filters for dust, smoke and harmful gases– their leaves absorb nitrogen oxide, sulphurs, etc. through the same stomata that absorbs CO2.
Tree leaves cool the atmosphere via evapotranspiration- this process releases moisture into the air. A large oak tree, for instance, can transpire up to 40,000 gallons of water into the atmosphere in one year.
Providing a home to hundreds of species, a Stanford university study found that adding one single tree to a pasture increased a region’s diverse bird species near 80.
Scientific studies find overtime, human beings have cut down at least 46% of the trees on Earth– between 1990 and 2016 alone, over 1.3 million square kilometres of forests have been felled.