How many trees per person does it take to absorb CO2 emissions in industrialized nations?
Trees produce enough oxygen on each acre for 18 people every day, oxygen (O2) for us to breathe. . Trees absorb enough CO2 on each acre, over a year’s time, to equal the amount you produce when you drive your car 26,000 miles. Trees remove gaseous pollutants by absorbing them through the pores in the leaf surface. Particulates are trapped and filtered by leaves, stems and twigs, and washed to the ground by rainfall. Other emissions from animals and termites: Trees absorb CO2 and OTHER dangerous gasses and, in turn, replenish the atmosphere with oxygen. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/publi… Carbon ‘offsetting’ It’s not possible to truly ‘offset’ carbon emissions, as the burning of fossil fuels releases carbon that has not been in the carbon cycle for millions of years. It is a net increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Based on a cost to Trees for Life of £5 to plant each tree, the following fi
