Soil Compaction Article

Soil Compaction Article
   Wow! Trees sure do a lot for us. They create oxygen so we can breathe. Trees can also trap smog into it's leaves and prevent us from inhaling it. Another thing that trees do is take in carbon dioxide. Which is really good because they prevent these chemicals to getting to us. Another thing that trees can do is create homes for animals, and they provide us fruits. But here is a question are we treating the way we should be?...
     Soil Compaction:
    Something that we barley ever pay attention to is how we compact our soil, this called soil compaction. Soil compaction happens when we step, drive, bike and leave your car parked on soil with living plants/trees in it, or let your pet walk on trees. You are probably thinking so that doesn't matter. But guess what is does because if this trees and plants can't grow any longer this is because now that the soil has has pressure it  is compacted the soil can not provide nutrients any more another thing that happens is that now there are no holes for water to be sucked into the tree's roots. Which now means the trees/plants can potentially can get really unhealthy or die.
   Soil compaction affects are life as New Yorkers in many ways. So we very much encourage you to not do anything that puts pressure on the soil like biking, stepping or vehicle contact with it. There are now about 5 million trees in New York City right now but that could change...and very fast. We need to save are New York City trees.

By: Luna Gonzaga, Zoe Glazer, and Florence Sullivan