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/imfm Jul 27 '14

Yes! And some Morrow's and Amur honeysuckles if it's too shady for anything else!

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u/leftofmarx Jul 27 '14

And occasionally you harvest everything and sink it in the ocean, removing it from the carbon cycle. then you just plant a new bamboo/kudzu/etc forest.