Trees: Home Sweet Tree
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Trees are in trouble.
Trees do a lot of different things to make life on our planet possible, but trees are in trouble.
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Trees: Home Sweet Tree
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Trees do a lot of different things to make life on our planet possible, but trees are in trouble.
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Science Trek is a place where parents, kids, and educators can watch short, educational videos on a variety of science topics. Every Monday Science Trek releases a new video that introduces children to math, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials in a fun, informative way.[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Eighty percent of the earth's plants and land animals live amongst the trees.
300 million people worldwide live in forests, and one point five billion people depend upon trees to make a living.
But trees are in trouble.
46 percent of all the world's trees have already been cleared.
And we lose one hundred thousand acres of forest every day.
Did you know that when a wildfire destroys a forest, it can take 60 years for all those trees to grow back?
And climate change is making it harder on trees to survive.
So, consider planting a tree.
Trees give us oxygen to breathe and food to eat.
They protect the soil and give our animals a place to live.
Trees clean our water and our air, and science shows that just seeing trees makes people happier.
All good reasons to plant and protect trees.
For more information about trees, check out the Science Trek website.
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