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Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your …

WebThe global Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides shows clients how to use immersion in nature for healing. “The forest is the therapist,” the group’s …

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For Gen Z, Climate Change Is a Heavy Emotional Burden

WebBritt Wray is a leading researcher on the mental health impact of climate change. In an e360 interview, she talks about the rise of climate anxiety in young people, …

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How Forest Loss Is Leading To a Rise in Human Disease

WebA study in Brazil, published in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases in 2010, found that clearing four percent of the forest resulted in a nearly 50-percent …

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Why It’s Time to Stop Punishing Our Soils with Fertilizers

WebResearcher Rick Haney travels the U.S. preaching the benefits of healthy soils. In a Yale Environment 360 interview, he talks about the folly of pursuing ever …

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Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem …

WebMany local ecosystems — at least as measured by “species richness,” the number of species they contain — appear to be in good health. The most …

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The Oil Well Next Door: California’s Silent Health Hazard

WebA 2020 analysis by FracTracker Alliance, a nonprofit that collects data on the health consequences of oil and gas development, found that some 2.17 million people in …

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U.S. Study Shows Widening Disconnect with Nature, and …

WebA survey of 12,000 adults and children in the United States has shown that many people have lost a close connection with nature, although a wide cross-section of …

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Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires

WebThe report says that tires generate 6 million tons of particles a year, globally, of which 200,000 tons end up in oceans. According to Emissions Analytics, cars in the …

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Ozone Pollution: An Insidious and Growing Threat to …

WebIt’s well established that chronic exposure to high ozone levels is a serious threat to human health, exacerbating heart and lung problems such as asthma and …

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A New Way of Understanding What Makes a River Healthy

WebBy Jim Robbins • January 4, 2017. The Yellowstone River has its headwaters in the mountain streams and snowy peaks of the famous U.S. national park with the same …

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Lessons Learned from Centuries of Indigenous Forest Management

WebIn an interview with Yale Environment 360, ecologist Charles M. Peters discusses how, in an era of runaway destruction of tropical forests, the centuries-old ecological understanding …

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As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health

WebCommonly reported health effects that are increasingly linked to fracking include some cancers, low birth weight, disruptions to the endocrine system, nose …

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Unequal Impact: The Deep Links Between Racism and Climate …

WebYeampierre sees the fights against climate change and racial injustice as deeply intertwined, noting that the transition to a low-carbon future is connected to …

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Mercury’s Silent Toll On the World’s Wildlife

WebMercury contamination is ubiquitous and hotspots are common around the world, with fish and human hair collected in 14 countries regularly exceeding U.S. …

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A Troubling Look at the Human Toll of Mountaintop Removal …

WebIn an interview with Yale Environment 360, Hendryx talks about why he believes scientists were slow to consider the health impacts of mountaintop removal …

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Are Flame Retardants Safe

WebNew studies have underscored the potentially harmful health effects of the most widely used flame retardants, found in everything from baby blankets to carpets. …

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Toxics in the ‘Clean Rooms’: Are Samsung Workers at Risk

WebTo experts in health issues relating to high-tech electronics workers, the story emerging from Samsung’s manufacturing plants in South Korea is distressingly familiar: …

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How Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies Can Help on Climate

WebThe IPCC’s latest latest report on “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” (3,675 pages) does not mention contraception or abortion, and it refers to “reproductive …

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Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless

WebThe Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has reported that seawater containing radioactive iodine-131 at 5 million times the legal limit has been detected near …

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EPA’s Effort to Limit CO2 To Be Fought by Chamber of Commerce

WebThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce has announced it will mount a legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to limit greenhouse gas …

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Twenty Years Later, Impacts of the Exxon Valdez Linger

WebToday, 20 years after the largest spill in U.S. waters, the oil that gushed from the hull of the Exxon Valdez is still having effects. Sea otters once again play in the …

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