Forest bathing, an ancient Japanese medicinal treatment used to reduce stress and anxiety, has recently been studied for its therapeutic effects on the immune system. Researchers have determined that spending time in nature effectively improves immune response by increasing natural killer cell production. The benefits of spending time in nature are not new to anyone […]
Ancient Forest
An Ecologist’s New Book Gets At The Root Of Trees’ Social Lives by Cori Vanchieri
In ‘Finding the Mother Tree,’ Suzanne Simard recounts discovering forests’ hidden networks. Opening Suzanne Simard’s new book, Finding the Mother Tree, I expected to learn about the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. I had an inkling that Simard, a forest ecologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, would walk through her […]
Want To Improve Your Health? Head To A National Park, And Absorb The Sounds by Colorado State University
Wolves howling, birds singing, rain falling-natural sounds inspire us and connect us to nature. New research by a team of scientists shows that natural sounds are also good for our health. Researchers from Carleton University, Michigan State University, Colorado State University and the National Park Service analyzed studies on the outcomes of listening to natural […]
Delve Into The History Of The Fight For Earth’s Endangered Creatures by Sarah Zielinski
The book Beloved Beasts chronicles past conservation efforts and explores how to keep moving forward. On October 29, 1929, a date best remembered for the infamous Black Tuesday stock market crash, socialite and amateur bird watcher Rosalie Edge attended a meeting of the National Association of Audubon Societies. She was there to ask whether it […]
Economic Benefits Of Protecting Nature Now Outweigh Those Of Exploiting It, Global Data Reveal by University of Cambridge
The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites “outweigh” the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it. The findings, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, come just weeks after a landmark report by […]
The Lost Forests Of New England – Eastern Old Growth by New England Forests (55:47)
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