A computer simulation shows how urban life has eroded our ties to the outdoors—and how we could reverse it by 2050.

Spending time in nature helps people to identify what is meaningful in their lives, shows a new Finnish study conducted at the University of Turku. The research article has been published in the ...

Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the ...

People tend to report greater happiness on days when they visit natural spaces, according to new research published in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The study found that both green spaces like ...

Spending time outdoors has long been shown to enhance physical and mental well-being by encouraging exercise, fostering social interaction, reducing stress and anxiety, elevating mood, improving focus ...

Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters. Source: Nature Note: Midcentury projection uses a moderate warming ...

Long-term exposure to extreme heat events accelerates the body’s ageing process and increases vulnerabilities to heath issues, finds a long-term study of 24,922 people in Taiwan. The study, published ...