Houseplants can be an essential link to nature – especially for those without access to a garden.
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Plant parents will be pleased to know just how beneficial houseplants can be for your health.
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Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us.
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The recent State of the Environment report assessed nature’s impact to Australians’ wellbeing for the first time. Here’s what it found.
Community vegetable gardens, such as this one in Pickering, Ont., support health and should be seen as part of the city’s food system.
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Publicly accessible gardens are an essential part of our food system. It’s important for policymakers to understand that growing food in city gardens is central to health, food security and culture.
For Wiccans, celebration of summer solstice is a spiritual practice.
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For Wiccans, midsummer, with the maximum hours of sunlight, is the time for celebrating new life.
Marabou storks perch on a tree at sunrise in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
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As a major conference on the global biodiversity crisis opens in Montreal, a conservation biologist explains how ideas about protecting nature have evolved over the past 40 years.
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Authors writing for Nature journals will also need to separate sex and gender data, so it can’t just be lumped in with other results.
Children can influence their families to follow greener lifestyles.
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In a process called ‘reverse socialisation’, children can help their elders become more green - but eco education is key.
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The more new housing a neighbourhood has, the less of the local area is dedicated to green space, which has knock-on effects for wellbeing and the climate crisis.
The U.S. military released a defoliant called Agent Orange over the South Vietnam countryside to weaponize the forest during the Vietnam War as part of the Operation Ranch Hand project.
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Green spaces can be used as non-coercive modes of warfare to further social cohesion and diminish the likelihood of insurgency.
Don’t call them tentacles: An octopus has eight arms.
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With nine brains, blue blood and a talent for camouflage, the octopus is one of the most fascinating creatures in the sea.
Studio Ghibli films are replete with artistry depicting different aspects of nature.
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Films like Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Nausicaä created by Hayao Miyazaki explore the perils of neglecting nature.
Alien pine trees, which use substantially more water than the native vegetation of the Cape Mountains, reduce river flows to dams that supply the city’s water.
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March 14, 2022
Petra Brigitte Holden , University of Cape Town ; Alanna Rebelo , Agricultural Research Council ; Joyce Kimutai , University of Cape Town ; Kamoru Abiodun Lawal , University of Cape Town ; Mark New , University of Cape Town ; Piotr Wolski , University of Cape Town ; Romaric C. Odoulami , University of Cape Town , and Tiro Nkemelang , University of Cape Town
Clearing alien trees before the drought hit could have reduced the impact of climate change on water supply during the ‘Day Zero’ drought.
Wealthy areas of London have better green space provision than the national average.
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The promised £39 million is not enough to ‘level up’ park provision in the UK.
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February 3, 2022
Richard Fuller , The University of Queensland ; Brenda Lin , CSIRO ; Chia-chen Chang , University of California, Davis ; Danielle Shanahan , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington ; Kevin J. Gaston , University of Exeter ; L. Roman Carrasco , National University of Singapore , and Rachel Oh , The University of Queensland
Our feelings about nature depend on lots of factors, but a new study shows our genes are one of the most important.
Interior green walls can improve air quality and reduce noise levels, improving the health and well-being of those who work there.
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Green buildings can cost more than conventional structures, but the small increase has noticeable benefits for those working and living within them.
Enjoy the environment in 2022 and find ways to help nature and communities thrive.
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An environmental health scholar shares four resolutions to improve your relationship with the environment – and its prospects for the future.
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There’s enormous value in citizen science projects that encourage urban-dwellers to learn about what is often, quite literally, on their doorsteps.
All 197 countries represented at COP26 signed the pact.
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Christina E. Hoicka , University of Victoria ; Daniel Sperling , University of California, Davis ; Ian Lowe , Griffith University ; Kate Dooley , The University of Melbourne ; Kyla Tienhaara , Queen's University, Ontario ; Mariola Acosta Francés , International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ; Mark Maslin , UCL ; Piers Forster , University of Leeds ; Ran Boydell , Heriot-Watt University , and Simon Lewis , UCL
Has the summit delivered on its goals?
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The scientists who discovered that a giant panda’s distinctive markings provide camouflage from predators tell us about their latest work