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Sugar Grove residents Jack and Denise Feltes over the past decade or so have made their way into a variety of TV shows and a few feature films.
Researchers show positive effect of urban nature on mental health Leipzig. Daily contact with trees in the street may significantly reduce the risk of depression and the need for antidepressants. This is the result of a study by researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. Street tree planting in residential areas of cities can serve as a nature-based solution to reduce the risk...
E-Mail IMAGE: The study shows that even species that are considered widespread, such as the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas), are steadily declining in Germany. view more Credit: Sebastian Lakner In an area covering the whole of Germany, in every grid field of approximately 5 by 5 kilometres - the decline in species diversity averages around two percent per decade. Especially vulnerable are the archaeophytes; species brought to Germany by humans but before the discovery of America. Among others, these include a large proportion of accompanying field flora, such as the corn marigold and...