Comment on Liquid Trees
scala@lemmy.ml 10 months agoPretty sure some cities have about zero areas for a tree to grow. Algae produces a much larger percentage of oxygen compared to any tree.
Comment on Liquid Trees
scala@lemmy.ml 10 months agoPretty sure some cities have about zero areas for a tree to grow. Algae produces a much larger percentage of oxygen compared to any tree.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Pretty sure trees in cities aren’t there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Trees do actually improve air quality, by absorbing harmful gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide through their leaves. Additionally they can reduce particulate pollution by up to 70% - bbc.com/…/20200504-which-trees-reduce-air-polluti…
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Mostly they’re there either for decoration or to lower street temperature. Depending on how long ago they were planted.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Exactly