Plants - Mother Earth's Lungs

Major areas of forests, especially the temperate and tropical rainforests, are referred to as the Earth's lungs. In contrast to our lungs, which take in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, plants, when undergoing photosynthesis, take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

This maintains the balance of gases in the atmosphere, by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and slowing the threat of global warming by producing much needed clean, fresh oxygen. In fact, if we continue to cut down the forests at the current rate, global warming will inevitably continue to increase.