Topic: Is planting trees actually good for the planet? - page 3. (Read 1061 times)

You do know, I hope, that deserts are complete ecosystems?

Here in the USA we have created pretty nice cities right in the middle of deserts. I can think of at least three examples, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Tuscon.

IIRC it was the widespread use of air-conditioning in homes that made this possible.

I'm not sure about a precise definition of earth's "vegetal crust" but you are wrong there. For a tree, the woody parts are essentially dead tubes, except for the inner bark layer. The green at the top is what's of interest, and if one stripped that and weighed it, would it weight more or less than a soy field?

as far as I know, that's good, because the tree's job is to keep the heat from the sun...
try to pay attention to areas that have a few trees will definitely feel hot. planting more trees can prevent global warming which is getting worse every year, if the trees are cut down and not planted again, global warming will accelerate, thus making the ice in the north and south poles melt faster.

Of course that planting trees is good for the planet and it is so obvious that there is no explaining it.

Planting trees is essential to the earth because the role or importance of trees to man cannot be over emphasized.
Man and animals needs plant to survive as they can be used for food, agriculture, timber, symbolic uses and art. In time of erosion the availability of trees help to control erosion and washing away of soil nutrients. Plants are used for making of ornaments for beautification. Plants are used for furniture making and basic domestic tools. It’s would be great ecologically friendly if we practice more of afforestation than deforestation.

Might want to discuss that with our friends "down under," in Australia?

Hint: Look up "Invasive species."

One more thing came to my mind, as OP has pointed that some areas might become colder. If the climate is really getting hotter due to global warming it shouldn't be a problem if trees would make it colder, am I right? Also, do we really need deserts? If some of them became a bit colder thanks too trees and possibly a bit more moist, it wouldn't be so bad, especially when we think of the entire globe. It might make deserts more habitable.

I agree with you, almost all countries are experiencing more extreme weather in the last 10 years. Saying that the climate is not changing is wrong. We can all help to fight the climate change right now, instead of waiting until its too late. Planting trees is a good solution to help the climate to recover to normal levels. In highly populated areas it might be difficult to find appropriate areas. But we could plant trees in very remote areas.

Due to climate change and deforestation the country is suffering from heavy rains temperature fluctuations and storms. has been urged to plant more trees and increase forest cover. But due to our unawareness and lack of love for trees the number of trees in the country is declining. The storm is being damaged in the rain we have to save the tree for ourselves. All the responsibility of proper care and growth of the tree is ours. So it is very important for us to be aware of this. Trees are man's friends not slaves man and tree complement each other. So let's love the tree take care not only of planting trees but also of caring for and growing trees.

Plating trees is always good for the nature and our health. There are countries when planting days are celebrated and everyone is encourage to plant one tree. It really surprised me seeing few comments from people that plating tree is not a healthy activity.
I think everyone should plant alteast one tree in his life.

As I've read recent news that some countries are experiencing flash floods, I can say that, planting trees will help at least lessen the situation of flash floods. So yes, it is good for the planet and may actually save lives if catastrophic events occur owed to denuded forests and the likes. We need to save forests before it is too late for the humanity.

there are a lof trees around Tchernobyl... you can't cut them and if you burn them, they release cesium and other nice non atmosphere warming component.. soon too around fukushima, there will be many trees...

but you know they don't like to mention trees... otherwise they would have to talk about deforestation on a scale never seen before... look at russia, brazil, indonesia, central africa... cut > money > farm > money.

and then the deepness of the earth vegetal "crust" or layer is reduced... what they call canopy... a soy field is very small (height wise).

I mean, trees are 'good for the planet' but it's not as good as doing other things. If we were to transition to using more nuclear energy and less fossil fuels, that would be amazing for the planet.

Planting trees in bulk is just easy and cheap to do. People throwing $20 at some site that'll plant trees in areas is much easier then convincing them to make meaningful change in their life. But ya know, that's life, lol. Planting trees is pretty low hanging fruit compared to what can be done.

And that's where tax money goes? To "scientific" who are against trees? I mean this guy must have a personal vendetta... like an allergies from tree pollen...

I agree with you, planting trees helps the planet to regenerate.

One good way to save the planet would be for every tree that is getting destroyed in fires, or used for construction, a new tree would need to be planted again.

We should look after our planet more and try to leave it in a better place for our children.

yes, of course, it a good for the planet because more tree means rain, which makes the environment clean , the temperature will be down. And the big advantage is, it will save the ozone layer

Reminds me of the millions of acres of farmland devastated by improper crop rotation.

Conclusion: Randomly planting random tree species in random places has almost a zero chance of being "good for the planet."

planting tree's is good. but its not the only solution and its definetly not the sole thing people should do because tree's alone would need to be planted multiple times the land space of the land. if it was just to be done for the 'carbon offset'

what needs to be done is to not think of a whole world problem but a regional problem.
for instance the northern hemisphere/europe will get colder while the equator will get warmer

things like desalinating sea water can be used to rehydrate land and find a replacement for natural sources of rivers.
heck even desalinate water and put it through a snow blower(it freezes water to make snow) to recover and cool down places like the arctic

other things like making deserted land into ponds/oasis. infact even make them into seaweed farms and algae ponds.
for better carbon capture than tree's

as for methane.
the stupid thing is they try to blame cow burps yet the real methane risk is from industrial oil/gas which can be replaced with renewable energy.

other things can be done like sending a couple large empty container ships to haul in the plastics in the ocean gyres where they grab the plastic using other ships/tech and the cargo ships are the large 'bucket' to collect it all.

as for tree's
well once land is de-forested. farmers use the land for crops and after time when the land is depleted they just leave it as desert and deforest another piece of land and repeat.
the solution is that the deserted land should be renovated back to life and not just left.
same for coal/gold mining, owners need to have an exit plan that includes putting the land back to how it was.
(this is tough because most corps will just file bankruptcy to escape obligations) but something needs to be done

different tree's in different locations help for different reasons. and as i said even things like seaweed and algea has a purpose to

there can been tall thin fast growing tree's for more rban area's and slow but wide folliage for other area's.
the main problem aint just cutting tree's its also not replacing them once they are done with the land.

as for habitation for animals. well that needs work too.. it aint just about plant tree's and walk away. its about know what tree's to plant, why and what for

Okay, so where I live everywhere I go my shoes are crunching up acorns dropped by all the big trees. Now I think those are like, seeds, right? The trees drop them and they turn into more trees?

Now why should I plant trees?

Not only that. Why shouldn't I cut down trees?

Now I promise to only cut down trees where there is already green leafy stuff of one type or another growing. Can anybody explain why I should not cut down trees?

To answer this requires calculating all the effects in that regions bio of that species of tree versus the alternatives which would naturally arise to take its place. And in fact, every tree you plant will remove something else that is alive and growing there.

Buildings and Roads act like massive storage heaters, forest is the best air-conditioner.

There is no harm in planting trees. Just see the temperature where there is no temperature vs area which is covered by tree. You will see a marked difference.