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Trees help clean the air. They trap dust and filter
pollutants, including particulate matter, out of the air. |
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Forests collect and filter rainwater, and from it generate
and store groundwater.
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The byproducts of trees, decomposed leaves, branches, and
tree trunks, become soil. They also provide a motherlode of nutrients that
enrich our soil.
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Through growth, transpiration, and death, trees tie up
minerals and nutrients from air, water, and soil. |
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Trees reduce erosion by cutting the speed with which wind and
water rush across the landscape.
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| · In very localized ecosystems, strategically placed deciduous trees help cool buildings in summer by providing shade. | ||
| · Trees generate vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. |
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An average tree absorbs and ties up to 26 pounds of carbon
dioxide a year, the amount emitted by a car traveling 11,300 miles.
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Trees help drive the hydrological cycle, which carries water
from sea to air to land and back to the sea again. |
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We consume vast quantities of fruit, nuts and other foods
from trees.
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Wood remains a fuel source for heat and cooking in much of
the world. Because of availability and low cost, we make heavy use of wood
and wood products ranging from lumber, paper, and chemicals to pencils and
garden mulch.
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Trees are a direct source of cures for a range of ailments.
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Studies show that people in hospital rooms affording a view
of trees recover more quickly than those in rooms without a tree view.
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Close-by trees have been shown to reduce employee stress. |
