Trees work in harmony with the planet's other organisms to maintain an energy balance that benefits all life on Earth, including human beings. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and return oxygen to the atmosphere through photosynthesis, a chemical process that uses water, carbon dioxide and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and oxygen as by-products. Trees also release water vapor into the air through transpiration, the evaporation of water from trees into the surrounding air.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ubuntuvillageusa.org/2022/11/19/how-trees-work-to-balance-the-earths-gases/
