What are trees worth?
...lth.) If that storm water runs unchecked, it just dumps all of the oil and fertilizer and insecticides and poo straight into the nearest waterway. Trees absorb and store carbon, directly mitigating climate change–and they indirectly mitigate the change as well, by helping to temper the effects of storm water, high winds, high heat, etc. Trees improve our air quality. Trees create food and habitat for birds, insects and mammals. We humans don’t lik...