A recent study from the University of California, Berkeley and BBC Earth suggests that watching nature videos can reduce stress and anger and increase feelings of awe and joy in the viewer. Generally speaking, people reported more positive emotions and a decline in negative emotions following the “Planet Earth” clips, when compared to news or drama clips. It’s important to note that BBC Earth is the parent network of “Planet Earth” and they were partners of this research, which could raise some concerns about bias. While this study specifically looked at “Planet Earth II” videos, it’s possible other nature videos would work too. We rounded up a few stunning nature videos from around the world below.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2017 20:03 UTC