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Lessons From Lockdown: How COVID Changed Our Relationship To Nature

How COVID Changed Our Relationship To Nature.
by David Fenster

Soon after the COVID lockdowns, news stories emerged about wild animals roaming city streets. This period came to be known as the “anthropause”. Five years later, this period of reduced human activity provides scientists with useful data about animal behavior, but it may have even more to say about how and why humans connect to nature.


Producers: Bryan Nelson, David Fenster
Editor/Videographer: Bob Lindberg

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