{"id":49276,"date":"2016-03-17T15:56:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=49276"},"modified":"2016-03-18T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:41:03","slug":"how-a-trees-breath-literally-cleans-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/journal\/how-a-trees-breath-literally-cleans-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Tree’s Breath Literally Cleans the Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mother Nature<\/a> never ceases to amaze us with her potential for beauty. Most of us can recognize the power of plant<\/a>, whether it nourishes us with fruit or simply provide a breath of light.<\/p>\n

But a new video from NASA reveals the dramatic effect leaves have on cleansing our planet. It’s a big task, but we’ve got a ton<\/em> of trees. According to National Geographic<\/a>, we have 3.1 trillion trees on our planet, which means 422 tree per person. When all of these trees work together, the visual effect NASA has documented rivals anything would see in any art museum.<\/p>\n

When watching the video, it’s important to consider the seasons. The time of year, and thus the temperature, will have a dramatic influence on how trees will effect the environment. In the spring an summer, we have more leaves, and the trees can do more work. Sometime around June, the trillions of leaves on these trillions of trees begin to open and grow. When alive and thriving, these trees absorb carbon dioxide, store it within their trunks, and then release oxygen back into the environment. The other seasons create just as substantial of\u00a0an effect; when leaves fall from the trees in the chillier months, more carbon dioxide is left to permeate the air.<\/p>\n

NASA’s video\u00a0tracks the flow of carbon dioxide moving across the planet. It begins in January, and carries out of the course of 12 months, but compresses everything into just a few minutes. In watching the video, you’ll notice that the most movement occurs in the Northern Hemisphere, as that’s where the most temperate forests are located.<\/p>\n

You can also\u00a0notice the presence of various greenhouse emissions wafting throughout our planet. When the summer months strike, and the trees are most active, the pollutants begin to disappear. The trees are practically scrubbing the earth clean. From NASA’s video:<\/a><\/p>\n

During the spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere, plants absorb a substantial amount of carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, thus removing some of the gas from the atmosphere. We see this in the model, as the red and purple colors begin to fade.<\/em><\/p>\n

You check it out for yourself below.
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