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Mental Health Benefits of Nature

Take the time to smell the roses. Chances are you’ve heard this quote about spending some enjoy the simple pleasures of taking a stroll through a field, garden, or any form of nature. If you’ve ever walked through a park or forest, you can attest to some of their benefits.

Oxford scientists find worrying link between COVID-19 and mental health

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How bankers can invest in the ocean, new UN guide

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See-through worm repairs brains

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Meet the Mountain People of the Middle East

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The Cedars of God are dying

Greenpeace is promoting a new film about the trees, the ‘Cedars of Lebanon’. This is the second film that was produced to document and highlight the devastating impact of global climate change on precious and unique ecosystems in the Middle East. 

Beloved climate change scientist Konrad “Koni” Steffen loses life falling through melting glacier

Glaciologist Konrad “Koni” Steffen passed away at aged 68 on August 8 in an accident in Greenland. Steffan was a renowned researcher on rising...

Al Baydha Regenerative farming in Saudi Arabia

The Al Baydha project: a piece of Saudi Arabian desert is brought back to thriving life through ancient/innovative water conservation, and plenty of grit. Slowing down flash floods in the highlands, and, over time, converting them into seasonal streams or savannahs.

Goats – your new firefighting friends

Now, a new Israeli study has explored different ways to expand the use of this simple and ecological practice and to encourage goat grazing in...

May 20 is World Bee Day

Yo. The International Day to respect the bees, yo. We mean respect them every day, but extra today.

Linking plant prosperity to our prosperity, using big data and AI

Vegetation models don't just look good on Instagram. Plants and vegetation and the way they grow play a critical role in supporting life on Earth. And your life too. How will coronavirus affect farms and output next year or the next 10 years? Will climate change wipe out species or promote the growth of latent ones, waiting for the arctic ice to break?

Solar energy plants in the desert – a planning guide

Deserts may not look like much, but there is a slow building up of life organic and inorganic in the soil. We need to preserve them from damage.

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