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Study finds positive mental health effect of green outdoors during pandemic

A research has found some positive impacts of green surroundings on people's mental health. The study found that people exposed to more green space during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reported significantly less depression and anxiety.

The study also found that at a time when mental health problems soared due to financial woes, supply shortages and nonstop news coverage of the virus, people sought solace in the outdoors.