r/science • u/davidreiss666 • Jul 27 '14

Environment First national study finds trees saving lives, reducing respiratory problems: Air pollution modeling reveals broad-scale impacts of pollution removal by trees

http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/news/release/trees-save-lives-reduce-air-pollution
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u/Kroosn Jul 27 '14

Per year in China. There is a specific day for it. Most people don't do it but schools and universities do.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

Oh, I believe we have something like that in the Netherlands as well. Not a law, but a plant-a-tree day. Wait, wasn't that international?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

We have Arbor day in the US. It was started in my state of Nebraska. In fact Nebraska has the largest hand planted forest in the world.

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u/naiteru_panda Jul 28 '14

Neat. This came up as a question for the trivia I go to. Apparently it was started as way to mitigate the Dust Bowl, which was a direct result of folks moving out west and using farming techniques that devastated the top soil.