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Researchers plant trees in an experiment to lower rates of heart disease (2021)
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- xracy 4y agoThere's the rule about articles with question mark titles. The answer is 'no'
- thakoppno 4y agoBetteridge's Law of Headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
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- dqpb 4y agoThey can decrease stress and increase property value, both of which are probably correlated with lower risk of mortality.
- okasaki 4y agoUnless you're renting, I guess.
- sn41 4y agoThe article does mention that correlation is not causation. But the fact that they are correlated is nonetheless encouraging. It certainly makes towns prettier.
- newsuser 4y agoYes. The Reichenbach Common Cause Principle [1] tells us that behind every correlation there is a confounding variable that causally influences both of the corrrelated variables, so the project may very well be onto something. The article already hypothesises a few confounders (leaf hair trapping particles, plants sequestering pollutants in other ways) but psychological reasons could even turn out to be stronger, given how little of exercise is sufficient to offset cadio-vascular risks - more plants around make it more likely for people to go outside for walking or running. [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-Rpcc/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-Rpcc/
- idontwantthis 4y agoI'm fully in favor of "make life less shitty" as a medical intervention.
- sigriv 4y agoTrees are a good sound absorber. Which creates a healthier soundscape : less noise, reduced stress, lower rates of heart disease. cf https://www.treehugger.com/how-do-trees-reduce-noise-pollution-4863592 https://www.treehugger.com/how-do-trees-reduce-noise-polluti...
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- moviewise 4y agoSome cities will plant trees in the public areas near homes if homeowners request it: California: Cupertino https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-works/maintenance-services/city-street-trees-medians/city-street-tree-planting-request https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-works/... L.A. https://www.cityplants.org/our-programs/ https://www.cityplants.org/our-programs/ Gardena https://cityofgardena.org/planting-trees/ https://cityofgardena.org/planting-trees/ North Vancouver, BC https://www.dnv.org/community-environment/urban-tree-canopy-project https://www.dnv.org/community-environment/urban-tree-canopy-... Massachusetts: https://www.maurbancanopy.org/tell-me-more/ https://www.maurbancanopy.org/tell-me-more/ Two people, a photographer and his wife, managed to plant 2 million trees in 318 million acres (129 million hectares). https://t.co/qyViRbeyYO https://t.co/qyViRbeyYO A couple of organizations work toward the goal of planting more trees across the world: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/plant-a-billion/ https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/plant-... https://www.arborday.org/about/ https://www.arborday.org/about/ https://8billiontrees.com https://8billiontrees.com https://trilliontrees.org https://trilliontrees.org Here are more lists of charities that plant trees: https://impactful.ninja/best-charities-for-planting-trees/ https://impactful.ninja/best-charities-for-planting-trees/ https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/best-charities-planting-trees https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/best-charities-planting-...