So next time you take a deep breath of air give credit to a tree or hug a tree in thanks for what it gives us – the very air we breathe. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, in one year a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange. Trees also store carbon dioxide in their fibers helping to clean the air and reduce the negative effects that this CO2 could have had on our environment. It is proposed that one large tree can provide a day’s supply of oxygen for up to four people. But as a by-product of that chemical reaction oxygen is produced and released by the tree. Through a process called photosynthesis, leaves pull in carbon dioxide and water and use the energy of the sun to convert this into chemical compounds such as sugars that feed the tree. When you look at a tree, note that about five percent of the tree is comprised of its leaves, 15 percent its stems, 60 percent goes into its trunk and 20 percent is devoted to its roots. To keep it simple a tree is comprised of its leaves, stems, trunk and its roots. What am I talking about? A tree has the ability to provide an essential of life for all living things on our planet – oxygen, and the power to remove harmful gases like carbon dioxide making the air we breathe healthier. Just as we humans are comprised of many parts functioning together allowing us to do wondrous things, the anatomy of a tree is just as wondrous, empowering them with super hero qualities. Or, in another words, what is the power of one tree? With such an important worldwide recognition of all forests do for us humans, the Forest Service would like folks to ask themselves: Do I really know how much trees contribute to my daily life? Forest Service will celebrate the United Nation’s International Day of Forests. The second in a series of blogs honoring the United Nation’s 2015 International Day of Forests "And if nothing gets done, if everything in the city looks like the area across the street where the blighted houses are located, the people who live here will want to leave, but nobody will buy their houses and they'll feel trapped," he says.Covering millions of acres of forested lands in the West, the Ponderosa Pine can grow to heights of over 200 feet. Score says that while thousands of trees won't reverse the fortunes of this hardscrabble neighborhood, he hopes it will stabilize things. But she says there aren't enough groups to handle the massive amount of vacant land here. Dewar says sure, some of Detroit's vacant land can be put into public trust for residents or community groups. "Right now there's so much land that it's possible to do that, too," says Margaret Dewar, an urban-planning professor at the University of Michigan. He and others say the city should have put the land into a public trust instead. "If the city is going to give away land at bake sale prices, give it to the people first," says Matthew Greenia, one of dozens of people who spoke out against the project at a public hearing earlier this month. Some residents can see only a speculator getting a sweetheart deal from a city desperate for money and development ideas. And that price tag has raised some eyebrows. It's cleaned up and filled with neat rows of small hardwood trees - oaks and sugar maples. Economy Farms Take Root in Detroit's Foreclosures
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