Little Keys Jakob Z

A commonly suggested solution for solving climate change is planting trees. But while that idea sounds good, will it really work? And how exactly do trees fight climate change? In this episode, we take a look at the relationship between trees and climate change, debunk some myths, and go over some planting methods.

Here are my sources (in order):


Photosynthesis: https://medium.com/the-philipendium/trees-and-carbon-dioxide-what-is-the...
How Plants Take in CO2: https://www.thoughtco.com/plant-stomata-function-4126012
Trees in Cities: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/20160825_PHA_Report_Final.pdf
Amount of Carbon that Trees Store: https://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/forests-health-and-clim...
Do Trees Actually Store Carbon? https://www.americanforests.org/blog/forests-carbon-sinks/
Planting Trees Correctly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN8RE02iNII
Monocultures: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01026-8
Number of Trees Removed Each Year: https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn...
Causes of Deforestation: https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/deforestation-causes



Tree Planting Organizations:


Arbor Day Foundation: https://www.arborday.org
Ecosia: https://info.ecosia.org/what
One Tree Planted: https://onetreeplanted.org

Protecting Trees:


Stand for Trees: https://standfortrees.org

These organizations are all just examples. There are others that are very similar to these ones. Feel free to also do your own research.  :)



Music:


Intro and Outro: https://pixabay.com/music/rnb-tupac-lives-71/
Transition Music: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-cali-1171/

Hey, everyone! In this debut episode, I introduce my podcast, Little Keys. I will be releasing new episodes every week. My next episode will be titled, “How Trees can Help Fight Climate Change:” and it will cover everything you need to know about how trees relate climate change. See you then!

Here is the speech I mentioned in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU