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Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they're not breaking news).

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Parks and gardens hold key to cooling overheated cities (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

submitted 1 year ago by sheawoodrow@kbin.social to c/environment@beehaw.org

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Nature in urban settings can have huge impact on temperature and human behaviour, study shows

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[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Tie that with the studies showing people are less stressed and more sociable when they have trees nearby, and the one about people in hospitals having better outcomes if their room has a view of a tree… well, it sure seems like we should be mixing more trees into our environments.