How much oxygen does a tree produce?
“During the course of its life, an average 100 year old tree will have made available 6,600 kilograms of oxygen for living creatures. A single tree such as a mature Beech can produce enough oxygen for 10 people for a year.”
Living Green Educational Foundation
Here at JK Cooper, we like to keep our clients and customers informed on the nature of the business we do. One such question we commonly receive is this one: How much oxygen does a tree produce?
Trees are vital to the health of us humans and the health of all the other creatures that inhabit the planet Earth. The amount of oxygen they produce is a careful balance that makes everything ‘work’ the way it does. Quite amazing!
According to Mike McAliney in an article for chemistry.about.com, “A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs./year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings.”
chemistry.about.com/b/2011/04/26/how-much-oxygen-does-one-tree-produce.htm
In addition to being a great team here at JK Cooper, we also consider ourselves to be part of a larger global team of arborists whose goal is to ensure that trees all over the world are kept healthy and pruned to our clients’ and communities’ satisfaction.
We work closely with schools, private clients and community groups to ensure that the trees in our community are kept healthy to provide our residents with optimal health and oxygen supply.
Here are some more facts about the oxygen production of trees:
“Trees release oxygen when they use energy from sunlight to make glucose from carbon dioxide and water. Like all plants, trees also use oxygen when they split glucose back down to release energy to power their metabolisms.”
Science Focus
sciencefocus.com/qa/how-many-trees-are-needed-provide-enough-oxygen-one-person
“During the course of its life, an average 100 year old tree will have made available 6,600 kilograms of oxygen for living creatures. A single tree such as a mature Beech can produce enough oxygen for 10 people for a year.”
Living Green Educational Foundation – livingtreeeducationalfoundation.org/trees_climate.html
We hope that these facts put into perspective just how much of a great service we provide to the residents of the New South Wales area. We hope you will partner with us on your next tree related project and allow us to assist you in creating a healthy, productive environment on your property.
Want to learn more about what we do and how we can help you? Why not take a look at the other pages on our website and give us a call? Let us know what you’re up to and what you need done and we will be glad to provide you with a free, no obligation quote.
