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— Emreturanphoto/Moment/Getty Images Oak trees accumulate more wood when there is more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. That’s the key finding from our new study, carried out in a long-established forest in Staffordshire, England, that we have turned into a...by sagesgroup | Jun 17, 2024 | adex-no-bid, Environment, Health, Innovation, Mental Health, Mind and Body, nature, Science, Syndicated, The Conversation
— simonkr/E+/Getty Images It is becoming increasingly clear that spending time in nature can benefit our mental health and wellbeing. However, a new study by my colleagues and me shows that you don’t have to actually be in nature to reap the rewards. Simply directing...by sagesgroup | Mar 18, 2024 | Apps, Artificial Intelligence, artwork, freelance, gear, gear news, homepage, hp-latest, nature, technology
— Lais Borges/Inverse; Getty; Photograph by Ian Carlos Campbell Other than cars, the thing I hear most often at home is birds. I live in Southern California, in a relatively suburban neighborhood, outside of an even more metropolitan downtown. I don’t get the...by sagesgroup | Dec 31, 2023 | Animals, Environment, History, homepage, hp-latest, nature, Science, Syndicated, The Conversation
— wellsie82/Moment/Getty Images The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets, and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere — a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a...by sagesgroup | Jun 7, 2023 | Animals, birth control, homepage, hp-latest, nature, Pet science., Science
Depending on whom you ask, there’s no such thing as too many cats. Despite this, a population boom does quite a bit of damage. Free-roaming kitties are responsible for the deaths of 2.4 billion birds every year in the U.S., which translates to two-thirds of all bird...by sagesgroup | May 26, 2023 | Biology, Climate Crisis, Environment, homepage, nature, Science
You may not realize it, but Earth has a microbiome that keeps it happy and healthy, just like the bacteria crawling around in your gut keep your immune system copacetic. On Thursday, scientists published a paper in the journal Science that further supports the idea of...