Cooling Effect

A mature tree can consume on the average 6 kg of carbon dioxide each year. Consuming the main greenhouse gas may be a good way to mitigate global warming or the greenhouse effect, but trees do more than that. They make an area cool by providing shade and through evaporating cooling. Did you know that clusters of urban trees can cool ambient temperature by 10 degrees? Try walking from a concrete-paved road into a tree-lined one and notice the difference. And how many trees were there along the pavement? Now, imagine what planting a thousand urban trees can do for cooling the environment.

Source: Sci-Tech Volume XXII Number 4 ISSN 0116-5704 Sy 2008-2009