A massive review of 100+ brain-imaging studies confirms that nature exposure settles the stress system, restores attention, and quiets mental rumination.

Spending time in nature, even briefly, triggers changes in the brain that calm stress, restore attention and quiet mental clutter, a new study has found.

Spending time in nature, even briefly, triggers changes in the brain that calm stress, restore attention, and quiet mental ...

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John Arnison lives with anxiety and ADHD and finds busy cities unsettling, but loves taking pictures of nature at night When he first ventured out into the darkness of the Yorkshire Dales 25 years ago ...

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When a devastating Jan. 7 wildfire burned through the natural canyons above Altadena, land was charred and left denuded, but worse than that, the spring storm surge unloosed boulders and sediment that ...

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Brittany Lyte has lived on Kauai for more than a decade. Nov. 4, 2025 Unlike citified Oahu or resort-studded Maui, Kauai retains the unmanicured charm of Old Polynesia with few modern intrusions. What ...