A Step to Ease the Pandemic Mental Health Crisis

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January 25, 2021

Mental Health A Step to Ease the Pandemic Mental Health Crisis A technique known as psychological first aid could help reduce COVID stress and anxiety By THE EDITORS

Behavior & Society Can Shocking Images Persuade Doubters of COVID's Dangers? Using pictures to convey the pandemic’s harsh reality is a communication strategy that requires nuance and empathy By Nathan Ballantyne,Jared Celniker,Peter Ditto

Conservation Some Ecological Damage from Trump's Rushed Border Wall Could Be Repaired Conservationists urge Biden to dismantle it quickly, especially in key habitats By April Reese

EARTH Earth Has Lost 28 Trillion Tons of Ice since the Mid-1990s Melt has accelerated over recent decades, contributing to sea level rise By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Space Ancient Galaxy Clusters Offer Clues about the Early Universe Astronomers can’t understand how distant galaxies grew so big so fast By Arianna S. Long

Policy & Ethics Farm Protests in India Are Writing the Green Revolution's Obituary The country’s agricultural transformation of the mid-20th century left a legacy of inequity By Aniket Aga

Behavior & Society How We Can Deal with 'Pandemic Fatigue' The first step is to understand that it’s not just about exhaustion or tiredness—or depleting a mental resource By David Badre

Public Health Southern California Ambulance Crews Are Running Out of Oxygen—and Gas The pandemic has put the region’s emergency personnel under extraordinary strain By Carolyn Barber

Policy & Ethics Premature Freak-Outs about Techno-Enhancement Debates about whether to “improve” our mind and body often exaggerate the feasibility of doing so By John Horgan

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