In a controversial new study, scientists are claiming that trees in Los Angeles are contributing to the city's air pollution, challenging conventional notions about the positive role they play in ...

As the trees grow in the coming years, their planters hope to find they provide a barrier from what lies just over the fence: the tangle of busy and noisy freeways at the Highway 41 and 180 ...

This tree can absorb high amounts of CO2 and freshen the air. Living walls created with plants like sedum, hedera, thyme, vinca, carex and juga can act as pollution barriers especially in the ...

Christmas trees have something in common with trees cut to make paper: Replacing them with other materials does not really ...

To understand the impact of trees and bushes on reducing air pollution, researchers meticulously sampled air quality at five sites on a US highway, comparing areas with natural or ornamental ...

Trees were most effective in open-road conditions, where they could cut pollution by up to 77%. However, the researchers ...

Air pollution in Los Angeles from cars and human ... could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef From jacaranda trees in bloom to fragrant eucalyptus, many plants emit a class of compounds ...

Michael Mosley and surgeon Gabriel Weston help test a new pollution filter developed by Professor Barbara Maher at the University of Lancaster: silver birch trees. We set up a row of 24 young ...

Keisi Hoxhaj, 11, says her morning walk is "really busy and full of pollution". Traffic is the main cause, but the situation isn't helped by a lack of trees to soak up the fumes. A new interactive ...

It recommended planting more trees near schools, especially ones in cities and busy towns, to soak up air pollution. The charity says that having trees nearby can really benefit your physical and ...

In order to combat urban air pollution and climate change, leading FMCG conglomerate Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group), ...