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Forest therapy helps survivors of climate-fueled Paradise wildfire

A California forest therapy program is testing whether landscapes ravaged by rising temperatures can help ease the anguish that climate change will bring.
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How extreme heat can influence mood and mental health

Extreme heat can influence mood and raise the likelihood of a more serious mental health issue. Here’s what to know.

Frederica Perera, Kari Nadeau: The Supreme Court dealt a terrible blow to children's health

We are now learning that climate change and air pollution can act together to increase health effects.
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Global heating is cutting sleep across the world, study finds

Data shows people finding it harder to sleep, especially women and older people, with serious health impacts.

Climate change despair has a 'life-affirming' remedy

Wynn Bruce’s death can teach us that climate anxiety and despair can be channeled into constructive action.
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For Gen Z, climate change is a heavy emotional burden

A leading researcher on the mental health impact of climate change talks about the rise of climate anxiety in young people, how social media exacerbates this trend, and why distress about the climate crisis can spur positive change.

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How climate change inflicts a toll on mental health

More than two-thirds of Americans are anxious about climate change. They feel grief, anger and hopelessness. We spoke to people about the invisible scars of this growing crisis.
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