"Trees" are looking up. Alejandra Hernandez (6th period)

Summary:How many trees are there in the world? If someone asked you that what would you say? 400, 500, 600 billion? Scientists recently thought that the world contained 400 billion trees. Recently a blockbuster study released Wednesday in nature and 38 scientists discovered that the earth has 3.04 TRILLION trees! This is great, amazing even, but along with good news come bad news as well. This discovery also shows that there are 46% less trees since human civilization. The deforestation of trees is our fault, whether consciously or not. Human civilization does depend on trees more than we realize. However, we can recycle what we use and it helps keep our trees intact. 

Analysis:This scientific discovery reminds me of a chinese proverb that says "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now." This makes sense because so many people say that there is no point in planting trees, or recycling, that we should have done that a long time ago and now it's too late. The proverb agrees yet recognizes the importance of now. This proverb doesn't need to be applied literally to trees, it can refer to any change you want to make in the world. You have to not only consider the past, but also the present and how it affects the future.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/02/scientists-discover-that-the-world-contains-dramatically-more-trees-than-previously-thought/