The government canceled a study on the health benefits of nature exposure, but scientists completed the research independently.

The government canceled this nature study. Scientists finished it anyway. When the National Nature Assessment was shut down, the scientists who worked on it kept going. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/the-government-killed-this-nature-study-scientists-finished-it-anyway/

"Most of us sense it without being told why: A walk in the woods or an hour in the park leaves us calmer, clearer, and restored. Increasingly, modern science agrees. A growing body of evidence links time in nature to better physical and mental health – and a major new effort is working to document exactly what that evidence shows." The government canceled this nature study. Scientists finished it anyway. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/the-government-killed-this-nature-study-scientists-finished-it-anyway/ #USpol