Here’s an interesting way a seemingly “green” forest can be a source of pollution. Approximately 30 percent of forested land in Japan consists of plantations. Some of them are new, well ...

Planting trees while doing nothing about underlying air pollution is a bit like putting spinach on your double bacon donut burger. Read on.

Trees And Air Pollution Date: January 11, 2001 Source: Csiro Australia Summary: Australia's native plants emit chemical compounds that can interact with other air pollutants to exacerbate smog ...

Trees may be pulling their weight. New research by government-backed scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research finds that deciduous vegetation absorbs one-third more air pollution ...

Adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new research suggests.

A mature tree can absorb up to 350 lbs. of CO 2 per year. As a result, trees play an important role in climate change mitigation. In cities with high levels of pollution, trees can improve air quality ...

Placing trees between roads and pedestrians can make ... which does protect from the health effects of air pollution. It’s not that just having trees somewhere in a city helps to make the ...

The trees were planted in 2020 in hopes that air quality measurements in the future will show they helped mitigate pollution that drifts into the school grounds. If that proves true, the practice ...

The beautiful Serviceberry tree is a diminutive yet hardy specimen from the eastern US, loved for its flowers and foliage. It's these qualities that earn it its reputation as a tough urban tree.

At first glance, the 60 trees that border Tehipite Middle School in Fresno may not look like much. Only a few years old, they are still short and thin, some supported by wooden poles on each side.

The trees were planted in 2020 in hopes that air quality measurements in the future will show they helped mitigate pollution that drifts into the school grounds.