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Liquid Trees (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure some cities have about zero areas for a tree to grow. Algae produces a much larger percentage of oxygen compared to any tree.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pretty sure trees in cities aren't there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Trees do actually improve air quality, by absorbing harmful gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide through their leaves. Additionally they can reduce particulate pollution by up to 70% - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200504-which-trees-reduce-air-pollution-best

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mostly they're there either for decoration or to lower street temperature. Depending on how long ago they were planted.