More green spaces in general can help with air pollution.

Feb 24, Second, the trees and shrubs help the aquatic ecosystem function. For example, scientists from the Stroud Water Research Center in Pennsylvania determined that a stream flowing through forested buffers is two to eight times more capable of processing in-stream nitrogen pollution than a stream without trees and shrubs along its shrubmulching.bars: reduce pollutants in water and soil. They also remove significant amounts of gaseous pollutants and particles from the air.

The microscopic plants in soil also reduce air pollutants and degrade many toxic chemicals that enter the soil. Plants hold topsoil in place. Thus, they reduce sediment and excess nutri- ents which pollute water.

Thank-you, Susan Shillingford.

Plants also. Landscape trees and shrubs can effectively absorb pollutants. The Monterey pine (Pinus radiata), for USDA zones 7 through 9, can accumulate radioactive contaminants including cesium, strontium and. May 04, And, of course, trees are only a way to filter pollution; better is to reduce emissions of pollutants in the first place, notes David Nowak, a senior scientist at. Aug 08, Working in conjunction with the University of Connecticut and Ecolotree Inc., an environmental engineering company, Burken plans to cut costs by using poplar trees to remove the pollutants from water tables that may be used for drinking water.

One method involves incorporating genetically enhanced microbes with the planting of the trees.