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.
A Tree's Importance and Environmental Benefit
By Steve Nix, About.com
Eight Reasons to Plant Trees | Trees Make Effective Sound Barriers
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Steve Nix/About ForestryIndex: A Tree's Importance and Environmental Benefit
- 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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