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Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years

Insects have a pivotal role in ecosystem function, thus the decline of more than 75% in insect biomass in protected areas over recent decades in Central Europe1 and elsewhere2,3 has alarmed the public, pushed decision-makers4 and stimulated research on insect population trends. However, the drivers of this decline are still not well understood. Here, we reanalysed 27 years of insect biomass data from Hallmann et al.1, using sample-specific information on weather conditions during sampling and weather anomalies during the insect life cycle. This model explained variation in temporal decline in insect biomass, including an observed increase in biomass in recent years, solely on the basis of these weather variables. Our finding that terrestrial insect biomass is largely driven by complex weather conditions challenges previous assumptions that climate change is more critical in the tropics5,6 or that negative consequences in the temperate zone might only occur in the future7 ....

United States , United Kingdom , W Van Vliet , Rr Core Team , People Nat , Change Biol , Luquillo Experimental , Insect Sci , German Malaise , Change Resp , Applied Aspects , Statistical Computing ,

Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials

Deliberate control of the breath (breathwork) has recently received an unprecedented surge in public interest and breathing techniques have therapeutic potential to improve mental health. Our meta-analysis primarily aimed to evaluate the efficacy of breathwork through examining whether, and to what extent, breathwork interventions were associated with lower levels of self-reported/subjective stress compared to non-breathwork controls. We searched PsycInfo, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov and ISRCTN up to February 2022, initially identifying 1325 results. The primary outcome self-reported/subjective stress included 12 randomised-controlled trials (k = 12) with a total of 785 adult participants. Most studies were deemed as being at moderate risk of bias. The random-effects analysis yielded a significant small-to-medium mean effect size, g = − 0.35 [95% CI − 0.55, − 0.14], z = 3.3 ....

New York , United States , United Kingdom , Republic Of , Indianj Palliat , Sudarshan Kriya , Erol Ursavas , Paul Joseph , Rd Claude Bernard , Cleve Clin , Rajendra Acharya , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , World Health Organisation , Development Of The Perceived Stress Questionnaire , We Need To Talk Campaign , Nutrients Yoga In Mental Health Care , University Of Western Ontario , Harvard School Of Public Health , Ww Norton Company , Pandemic City University Of New York , Rr Core Team , Games Health , Anxiety Disorders Guilford , Foundation For Statistical Computing , National Health Service , A Randomized Controlled Trial Duke University ,