When Christmas trees are alive and growing, they pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it as the building blocks of their wood. That keeps the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere, where too much carbon dioxide contributes to global warming.
This process stops once the tree is harvested. And at some point, the cut tree begins to decompose and releases that carbon again.
When Christmas trees are alive and growing, they pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it as the building blocks of their wood. That keeps the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere, where too much carbon dioxide contributes to global warming.
This process stops once the tree is harvested. And at some point, the cut tree begins to decompose and releases that carbon again.
Christmas tree farms like this one in Greencastle, Ind., can be found in almost every state.USDA
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