How Planting Trees & Insect Control Warms Our Climate
Check out what happened to the trees, how planting them can reduce our ozone levels, improve our climate, are a natural insect control, and help reduce your energy bills.
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What happened to the trees....
Global warming may seem like the least of our worries with arctic blasts bearing down across the U.S. and temperatures dipping below record lows. However, it is interesting to note that trees and insect control are actually a major factor in warming climates, howbeit in some cases such as the "dust bowl" of the 1930's which the removal of trees, insects that ate the trees, over farming and allowing cattle to graze until nothing was left turned Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas into a broiling dust bowl of unbearable heat and drought conditions. History shows that between the years of 1930 and 1940 when the drought suffered by many in the southwestern Great Plains of the United States was at it's historical worst, settlers cleared vast regions of land, removing the trees and prairie grasses so that they could plant wheat for their cattle.
"Between 1930 and 1940, the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States suffered a severe drought. Once a semi-arid grassland, the treeless plains became home to thousands of settlers when, in 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act. Most of the settlers farmed their land or grazed cattle. The farmers plowed the prairie grasses and planted dry land wheat. As the demand for wheat products grew, cattle grazing was reduced, and millions more acres were plowed and planted." http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depwwii/dustbowl/(Great Depression & World War II . Library of Congress)
As time went on the population grew, civilization expanded, and vast amounts of land were cleared of trees for mining, farming, strip mining, searching for fuel resources such as coal, oil, and gas, home and business construction. When the trees were gone our climate was negatively affected because trees absorb toxic carbons in the air that we breath. Scroll down to see more...
"Between 1930 and 1940, the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States suffered a severe drought. Once a semi-arid grassland, the treeless plains became home to thousands of settlers when, in 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act. Most of the settlers farmed their land or grazed cattle. The farmers plowed the prairie grasses and planted dry land wheat. As the demand for wheat products grew, cattle grazing was reduced, and millions more acres were plowed and planted." http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depwwii/dustbowl/(Great Depression & World War II . Library of Congress)
As time went on the population grew, civilization expanded, and vast amounts of land were cleared of trees for mining, farming, strip mining, searching for fuel resources such as coal, oil, and gas, home and business construction. When the trees were gone our climate was negatively affected because trees absorb toxic carbons in the air that we breath. Scroll down to see more...
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How trees warm our climate...
Planting trees reduces the amount of toxic carbon in the air that is produced by fossil fuel emissions which means trees act as a type of filter against these pollutants by absorbing the carbon, releasing oxygen via photosynthesis, and basically cleaning up the air that we breath, while giving us shade from the heat. The shade offered us by trees also protects the land from drought.
“Planting trees on marginal agricultural lands could 'sequester' carbon and offset at least one-fifth of the annual fossil fuel emission of carbon in the United States,” said Christopher Potter, a scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “Scientists also have found that outbreaks of plant-eating insects may be linked with periodic droughts and heat waves in North America, which can trigger large seasonal losses of carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere.” Potter added.
"Tree planting and insect control could greatly affect Earth's greenhouse gases – those gases in the atmosphere that warm the planet – according to NASA scientists who presented their findings this December during the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco."
Reference:Nasa finds trees and insect outbreaks affect carbon levels. (Retrieved 12/01/2014. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/climate_bugs.html
“Planting trees on marginal agricultural lands could 'sequester' carbon and offset at least one-fifth of the annual fossil fuel emission of carbon in the United States,” said Christopher Potter, a scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “Scientists also have found that outbreaks of plant-eating insects may be linked with periodic droughts and heat waves in North America, which can trigger large seasonal losses of carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere.” Potter added.
"Tree planting and insect control could greatly affect Earth's greenhouse gases – those gases in the atmosphere that warm the planet – according to NASA scientists who presented their findings this December during the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco."
Reference:Nasa finds trees and insect outbreaks affect carbon levels. (Retrieved 12/01/2014. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/climate_bugs.html
How planting trees on your property can reduce your energy bills...
Planting trees in strategic places can reduce your energy bills. Planting trees on the North side of your home will block much of the colder North winds from hitting your house so hard thereby reducing the amount of fuel needed to heat your home. Planting trees on the West side of your home can provide shade and reduce the amount of afternoon sun that heats up your home thereby reducing the amount of cooling energy needed to keep your home cool.
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Ecological benefits of planting trees...
Trees absorb toxic carbons and gaseous pollutants like nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide through the surface of their leaves which helps improve our ozone. Trees also act as a type of filter for particulate matter such as dust, ash, pollen, and smoke by binding or dissolving most water soluble pollutants on the leaves and even in the rough bark by capturing and storing them. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen through photosynthesis while transpiring water and offering shade which cools the air and reduces the ozone levels.
- Trees transpire water and shade surfaces, which lowers air temperatures, thereby reducing ozone levels.
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• Trees help you and future generations. • Important trees are to the planet • Trees are affecting climate change and how you can help them • So many poets, writers, and leaders show their respect for trees • To prevent the destruction of trees. • Planting and growing new trees helps heal the planet. • You can make small changes in your lifestyle that can help heal the planet |
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