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Noticing Nature in the City

The Science of Happiness

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Do Street Trees Matter?

We know that contact with nature is good for our mental health. But most of this research doesn't tell us anything about the specific type of nature that's really important for reducing our depression. Melissa marcella is a lecturer in environmental psychology at the university of surrey in england. She studies street trees, the ones we plant around homes and freeways because we live in urban areas. More on the science of trees up next.

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