A Tree's Importance and Environmental Benefit

By Steve Nix, About.com Guide

Trees make effective sound barriers:
Trees muffle urban noise almost as effectively as stone walls. Trees, planted at strategic points in a neighborhood or around your house, can abate major noises from freeways and airports.

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• The Urban Tree Book
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Make Effective Sound Barriers
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Produce Oxygen
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Become Carbon Sinks
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Clean the Air
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Shade and Cool
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Act as Windbreaks
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Fight Soil Erosion
• Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Increase Property Values

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