Planting a tree will certainly help global warming - How many have to be planted to make a difference?

Answer 1

planting a tree will not help Global Warming because its a lie!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4499562022478442170&q=great+global+warming+swindle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-Tb7vTamY

And that is the Real Inconvenient Truth!!!

Answer 2

Planting trees will have no long lasting effects on the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere because it will eventually die and decay releasing all the carbon it had sequestered unless it fossilizes. The increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases is due to burning fossil fuels that releases carbon the had been trapped in previous eras. Trees have positive effects on the envioment for other reasons but if you want to do something about CO2 in the atmosphere you must cut back on the use of energy from fossil fuels. Don't travel, eat locally produced food, conserve energy in lighting, heating, and cooling your home, if you must drive buy energy efficient car, and stop thinking that you can offset your fossil fuel use. Doing anything about greenhouse gases will be costly in terms of personal conveniences and the economy. Anyone who denies the cost or thinks there is an easy out, may as well join the "it is not caused by human activities group". Both are ways to avoid facing the facts.

Answer 3

Apparently there is some controversy about the planting of trees and global warming. There is some evidence that forested areas trap and maintain increased temperatures over those areas that are not forested. So create a forest and you will help global warming. I'm not sure that is what you mean. But there you go.

Answer 4

Planting a tree produces local cooling, a lot of water use, and temporary sequestration of the net carbon that ends up in woody material. Only as good as the age of the tree, however....way more temporary than was the fossil fuel CO2 we are putting into the air. Deep ocean sediment storage or man-made CO2 sequestration techniques are much more effective CO2 loss terms. Remember the annual zig-zag in Al Gore's upwards-trending CO2 line? That is the annual uptake (by photosynthesis) and loss (by decomposition) of CO2 from the atmosphere due to seasons in the northern hemisphere (where all the trees are...mostly). The tree just gives you more than 1 year on the graph for some of its carbon. Not a solution.

Answer 5

I am all for planting trees, however a tree takes up 50 square feet of area and you have to be careful not to plant over a sewage pipe or the roots will grow around it and crush the pipe.
Lilacs for example are pretty to look at dont take up as much space, have a life expectancy of 50-75 years and reshoot. They make a nice hedge, and in the field planted in a line a good break from drifting snow.

Answer 6

Every tree planted will help a little bit more. It's like saying that even one person can make a difference in the World. The trees that are growing not only help to remove CO2 from the air, but also help to absorb rainfall preventing flooding and also can prevent soil erosion that is often caused by deforestation, where the trees' roots once helped to "hold the soil together".

Answer 7

"Every little bit helps" as the saying goes. There aren't numbers for things like this. People just need to plant as many trees as possible and as they grow and contribute to the environment, they'll make a gradual difference.

Answer 8

Just one tree will make a small difference.

Make sure the tree you plant is native to the area where you plant it.

Answer 9

Planting trees will reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increase the oxygen output and be favorable to wild life.

the amount you have to plant is about 1/2 of the trees in both the amazonian and congo's rain forests.

Answer 10

A lot of trees plain and simple. but it's the effort that counts everyone will have to care for anything happen especially corporations they seem to be in control of everything.