Welcome to treeppl, we are people who are passionate about trees and preserving our wonderful planet. So for our first blog post we thought we’d share some interesting facts about trees:
A tree can absorb as much as 20kg of carbon dioxide per year and can sequester 1 ton of carbon dioxide by the time it reaches 40 years old.
Trees help our soil remain healthy by reducing soil erosion and by creating a soil climate suitable for microorganism to grow.
One large tree can provide a day's supply of oxygen for up to four people.
One large tree can lift up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground and discharge it into the air in a day.
There are over 23,000 different species of trees in the world.
Each year, one person uses wood and paper products equivalent to a 100 foot tree 18 inches in diameter.
It can take 10 minutes to walk around the crown of a giant banyon tree in Calcutta.
Trees are some of the oldest living organism on earth
Trees trap more of the sun's energy than any other group of organisms on earth -- they are in essence big batteries -- the largest on earth. Only 0.1% of the sun's energy is trapped by organisms -- trees account for 50% of all energy trapped by organism
Trees need food to grow but you can't buy food for them. They make their own food from sunlight, water, carbon dioxide and nutrients from the soil.
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