My Neighbourhood Trees, Absorbing Carbon!

My Neighbourhood Trees, Absorbing Carbon! visualises the carbon uptake of Seoul’s street trees.

Seoul’s street trees absorb about 250,000 tonnes of carbon.

Using data 1) and 2), we selected seven types of street trees 3), which account for about 90% of Seoul’s street trees. The carbon uptake of the selected trees is shown on the map.

1. Korea Forest Service_Street Tree Establishment Status (as of 2019, by province)
2. Seoul Open Data Square_Statistics of Street Trees in Seoul (using 2022 data)
3. Seven types of street trees: Korean cherry tree, ginkgo, zelkova, metasequoia, yew, yew tree, yew tree, and Japanese tree.