Computer software allowing users to take a virtual walk through a Lake Tahoe forest – in the present and the past – is being developed to help people understand how the basin has changed. “I’m really ...

For some people, things are easier to understand or relate to, or the magnitude of a problem can be appreciated when they can visualize them. Researchers want to help people learn more about what ...

Honolulu (KHON2) – Forest Bathing Hawaii brings the soothing and calming elements of nature from the outdoors into the comfort of your own living room. Known to be one of the top five travel ...

The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various ...

Could electronic forests elicit the same physiological responses as real ones? The Japanese concept of “forest bathing,” or shinrin-­yoku (森林浴), has long been acclaimed for its supposed health ...

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has demonstrated in a recent pilot study that virtual forest ...

Virtual Reality program featuring a Wisconsin forest. The viewer, using VR goggles and controller, can walk through the forest, identify trees, look at individual tree species and their distribution ...

Members of the public are invited to attend the first in a series of four virtual focus groups about providing forest health information at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. The Forest Climate Resilience ...

Wake Forest's Renaissance Centre will be offering some virtual family-friendly activities this month. On Oct. 12, the center will launch a 12-week bedtime story reading series on its Facebook page ...

Uniform and intensive forest management approaches threaten European forest biodiversity. There are many different ways to manage forests, but the effects of different combinations of approaches are ...