[Stoves] Another reason to plant, maintain and replace trees

[Otto Formo]

Dear all, 
I thought this was very much common knowledge.
If you walk in a forest you can "feel" the "fresh" air, compared to the smog in Beijing, Tokyo, Mexico City etc..............its "paradise"...........

May be it also effects the brains of the people who lives there, who knows................?

Otto
Forester enjoying the fresh air in Norway........:)

> From: Crispin Pemberton-Pigott [crispinpigott at gmail.com]
> Sent: 2010-10-23 10:13:04 MEST
> To: Stoves [stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org]
> Subject: [Stoves] Another reason to plant, maintain and replace trees
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> Dear Friends
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> Here is another good reason to plant and protect and replace trees. It is
> focussed on the metabolism of poplars (which have been thoroughly gene
> sequenced).
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> Regards
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> Crispin
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> From http://nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=117919
> <http://nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=117919&org=NSF> &org=NSF 
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> "Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a
> new study finds.
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> The research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric
> Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., uses observations, gene expression
> studies, and computer modeling to show that deciduous plants absorb about a
> third more of a common class of air-polluting chemicals than previously
> thought.
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> "The new study, results of which are being published this week in Science
> Express, was conducted with co-authors from the University of Northern
> Colorado and the University of Arizona. It was supported in part by the
> National Science Foundation (NSF), NCAR's sponsor.
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> "Plants clean our air to a greater extent than we had realized," says NCAR
> scientist Thomas Karl, the lead author. "They actively consume certain types
> of air pollution."
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> "The research team focused on a class of chemicals known as oxygenated
> volatile organic compounds (oVOCs), which can have long-term impacts on the
> environment and human health."........
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> "This really transforms our understanding of some fundamental processes
> taking place in our atmosphere," Karl says.
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