February 24, 2022 - Urban trees can help cut air pollution from New York to Beijing, but which trees do the best job? Future Planet weighs up the options.

For effective environmental benefits in urban areas, tree species must be tolerant of the high air pollution levels often found at these locations. Acacia tortilis has been reported to have a higher air pollution tolerance index (APTI) than Ziziphus spina-christi and Phoenix dactylifera.

November 19, 2023 - Silver birch, yew and elder trees were the most effective at capturing particles, Trees absorb harmful pollutants through their leaves, roots and soil. Trees can begin to reduce air pollution immediately, but it takes years to see significant improvements. Larger tree canopies provide the best ...

October 11, 2016 - Request PDF | Functional traits of urban trees: Air pollution mitigation potential | In an increasingly urbanized world, air pollution mitigation is considered one of most important issues in city planning. Urban trees help to... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

The results showed that the most ... the ten most frequently occurring tree species, only London plane (Platanus acerifolia (Aiton) Wild.), silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) and honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos L.) were ranked above average....

October 30, 2016 - Planting Healthy Air report quantifies health benefits of trees for 245 cities globally.

Monetary value of air pollution ... over $2.7 million a year. ... Ferguson, K. (2017). UERLA Resource Brief: Ecobenefits of National Capital Region Park Trees....

In this study, we characterized ... for urban greening. The two most widely grown species in the urban sprawls of Indian cities, i.e., Grevillea robusta and Mangifera indica, were selected under this study....

Vegetation can form a barrier between traffic emissions and adjacent areas, but the optimal configuration and plant composition of such green infrastructure (GI) are currently unclear. We examined the literature on aspects of GI that influence ambient air quality, with a particular focus on ...

With rapidly increasing urbanization, cities frequently suffer from the development of urban pollution and heat islands, the co-occurrence of which in…

Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation …

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a common air pollutant that represents a significant threat to public health. In Dublin, a major source of PM2.5 is…

Urban forests, as an integral part of nature-based solutions (NBS), are significant contributors to improving urban air quality, delivering ecological service functions and environmental benefits to human health and well-being. Suitable urban forest management, including proper species selection, ...

January 1, 2000 - The beneficial effect that trees have on air quality is often stated in arboricultural literature but has rarely been researched. The presented study aims to identify trees from 5 contrasting species that maximize the benefit to local air quality. Results show that all trees examined captured ...

October 22, 2024 - Conifers are generally better than broad-leafed trees at purifying air from pollutants. A new study shows that the best trees for air purification depend on the type of pollutant involved.

July 18, 2024 - Find out how trees reduce air pollution by absorbing harmful pollutants, producing oxygen, and improving overall air quality for a healthier environment.

Large-eddy simulation (LES) is used to systematically analyse the impacts of trees on air quality in idealised street canyons. The LES tree model incl…

May 22, 2020 - Recent researches state what species can be considered anti-smog trees - more effective to the purpose of reducing CO2 emissions and smog in our cities.

August 1, 2024 - Urban forests play an integral role in air quality improvement. Trees reduce temperatures and mitigate the heat-island effect through evapotranspiration; they sequester the emission of greenhouse gasses by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; they remove air pollutants by trapping ...

Today, we're looking at how trees affect your air quality, why cities need more trees, and which ones can help improve it.