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Latinx PhD biogeochemist, carbon/nitrogen trade-off, effects of drought, sustainability, controlled environment agriculture, farming consultant🌱 🌈

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One effect of climate change: More rats, ticks and mosquitoes — and more disease - Evanston RoundTable https://t.co/I3v4RoDsg7

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Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline - BirdLife International https://t.co/bYvmKIy9bM

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Scientists Are Making Concrete With Human Poop – And It Gets 42% Stronger : ScienceAlert https://t.co/8oj5srWu8V

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Wasps are disappearing this summer, and scientists are worried | ScienceDaily https://t.co/Mwh9zZXBs3

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Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil https://t.co/qfq2W6Y9u4

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Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters https://t.co/ozn8N5DWh8

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'There are no easy answers here': New study forecasts a dire dip in food production if key Atlantic currents collapse | Live Science https://t.co/DmX24BwMD0

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Heart wrenching 😢 https://t.co/nWiCYRTtu1

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Humans have long history with causing extinctions https://t.co/R6leNalT1W

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Europe’s summer of wildfires is just a taste of what’s to come | Scientific American https://t.co/KQrgRD0zDl

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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding | The Guardian https://t.co/h7PkxYp2Ll

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It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now | Scientific American https://t.co/ubnUKXeRwe

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Reminder to go touch grass

A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest strengthens your immune system for a full month

The study is incredibly fascinating:

Qing Li, an immunologist at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, took 12 men on a 3-day forest trip. These were slow walks with no breathing exercises and no set route.

Then he tested their blood and found a surge in natural killer cells -- the immune cells your body uses to fight cancer and virus-infected cells.

Remarkably, the effect didn't fade when they went home, it was still measurable 30 days later.

A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.

Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release compounds called phytoncides to defend themselves from insects and bacteria. You breathe them in, and Li believes they switch your immune cells into high gear.

He estimates one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated all year.

The best medicine might not even need a prescription -- just a walk among the trees.