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Everyday access to nature improves quality of life in older adults
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 10th, 2015
ScienceDaily: Natural environments are known to promote physical, mental, and spiritual healing. People can attain health benefits by spending time outside, often in remote places to "get away from it all." Now research conducted by a University of Minnesota graduate student with a team in Vancouver, B.C., shows that green and "blue" spaces (environments with running or still water) are especially beneficial for healthy aging in seniors. Published in the journal Health and Place, the study -Therapeutic landscapes...
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Easing Alaska’s wildfire seasons means tackling climate change
Posted by Alaska Dispatch News: None Given on July 10th, 2015
Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska is burning. As of July 8 more than 300 fires are blazing across the state in an extreme and costly fire season that could last well into August. Firefighters and the resources they depend on are being pressed to the limits.
I know exactly what our front-line defenders are going through. I’ve been there.
During the summer of 1983, I was among a group of smokejumpers dispatched from western states to Alaska during a major “fire bust,” a relatively large number of fires started mostly by...