Biodiversity Is Nature’s ‘Magic’ That Improves Peoples’ Mental Health
Time spent in natural spaces with more biodiversity is associated with greater improvements in mental well-being than time spent in spaces with less natural diversity
Reflection of Nature. (Credit: Faye Mozingo / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED).
A newly published study finds that spending time in natural spaces that have more biodiversity is associated with greater improvements in our mental well-being than spending time in spaces with less natural diversity.
I’ve shared similar research findings with you before. Not long ago, for example, I shared that lower income people benefit more from engaging with nature than do higher income people (more here). That study focused on income levels and the sorts of nature-based activities, like birding, that people might pursue.
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