The results from Wales and elsewhere show a 25% reduction in casualties. So if you keep a 30mph limit on urban/village roads where pedestrians and cyclists mix with motors you are imposing 1/3 more casualties on your community. It's why Transport Professionals are saying #20splenty

Fantastic event with a great range of speakers across the UK monitoring community.

🚨Join the International Dendrometer Network🚨 We're building a community of people using dendrometers to study tree growth, stress, resilience, phenology & more🌳🧪 Join our mailing list for updates, data calls & opportunities: forms.gle/SrdMLcg5BAN9... First meeting is Friday at 10:30CET - join us!

I don't have to write this week's #positiveforestry, its been done for me. Excellent thread about how woodland management can be so beneficial for a range of outcomes. Good stuff.

We’ve been working with Scottish Forestry to develop a shortlist of 28 productive tree species that will help diversify woodland, strengthen resilience to pests, diseases, and climate change, and guide future investment and management decisions. 💪🌳 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/jkvB50XjCLs #ForestResearch

A study using 26 years of data from the ICOS Ecosystem station Davos, Switzerland, paints an uncertain future ahead for the carbon sink potential of a Norway spruce forest🌲 The lengthy time series of flux data was critical for enabling this study. Read more: www.icos-cp.eu/news-and-eve...

Fantastic PhD opportunity and its based in Yorkshire!

A day in the life of an Applied Biologist... All through #BiologyWeek we'll be showcasing the diverse careers of our applied biology community 🌱 First up join Mirabelle Ostle, a Forest Ecological Advisor for @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, as she walks us through her working day 🌲 #IAmABiologist

Our new perspective on what TLS can (& can't) do in forest research www.nature.com/articles/s41... - led by Eduardo Maeda w lots of great colleagues including @kimcalders.bsky.social @emilyrlines.bsky.social @louiseterryn.bsky.social @benjaminbrede.bsky.social (apols for any I don;t have @ for)

Great short video featuring Dr Ross Morrison from @ukceh.bsky.social with explaining the importance of carbon flux measurements providing the evidence of conversion to sustainable agriculture.

New PhD position in tree ecophysiology at BiFoR-FACE (Uni of Birmingham) 🌳 Looking at tree carbon and water dynamics under elevated CO2 and warming 🌡️ Start Jan 2026. See more info here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/376950

We've brought together a diverse range of high-quality vegetation plot datasets to form a new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain! Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🌱🌿🧪

The BAMS State of the Global Climate report 2024 reveals the year was record-breaking for both atmospheric water vapour levels and global temperature. Find out more in our press release: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Fantastic news...

📆Mark your calendars for this #webinar with two invited speakers, James Rae & Jessica Tierney, on Wednesday, 10 September 2025. They will explore how past natural variations in climate and atmospheric #greenhouse #gases can help estimate Earth’s #climate #sensitivity. 👉 Register here: egu.eu/7UKU6T

Peatland-ES-UK @sei.org paper on peatland (blanket bog) management. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... Nutrient levels in heather & cotton-grass over time after burning & cutting (young) vs unmanaged (old) heather: Considering implications on carbon & grazing (incl. red grouse). @naturalengland.bsky.social

This week we installed soil moisture and stem water sensors in mixed and pure stands of Scots pine and Silver birch. The results will contribute to the #CFP #EXPLORATION project investigating the use of mixed species for drought adaptation: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/climate-chan...

🌳🌲If you have experience in growing mixed-species stands, please complete our survey to inform new mixed-species trials and improve our understanding of drought resilience. Survey link: ow.ly/LpP350WtPMk Project info: ow.ly/1Yth50WtPMn @edinburghuni.bsky.social @forest-protection.bsky.social

Remembering the fantastic time I have there discussing all things forestry two years ago. I'm sure that Peter van-Velzen and all the FR team are having such a good time this year...

🌲 New R package: forestdata makes it easy to download forestry and land cover data from multiple sources (Copernicus, ESRI, EU-Trees4F, and more). Supports sf, SpatRaster, and tidy outputs. Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/ #rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover

This week, Dr Gail Atkinson, Head of Climate Science spoke to the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, about how our trees, woodlands and forests are being impacted by climate change Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/head-of... #ClimateChange #ForestResearch @forestrycommission.bsky.social

Loving this latest edition from @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social - a fantastic collection of innovative studies..

The British Woodlands Survey 2025 (BWS2025) is now live - important for all woodland owners, agents, forestry professionals, businesses, land-owning organisations - take part: sylva.org.uk/bws2025 @forestresearchuk.bsky.social #woodlands #trees #resilience #environmentalchange #research

Testing our new equipment, which measures ecosystem water loss through evapotranspiration. #WaterNode #EXPLORATIONproject

🤝 We are one of 34 organisations taking part in the LUNZ Hub – an innovative research initiative, led by ‪@hutton.ac.uk‬ and the University of Leicester, that will help drive the transformation of UK land use needed to achieve net zero by 2050. 📧 Read the latest #LUNZHub newsletter: bit.ly/3QJTmOf

Interested in making #eDNA data FAIR? A workshop on 25th July at UCL will cover: - FAIR data principles, data standards, and best #eDNA data practices - Using FAIRe tools and guidelines to format data (fair-edna.github.io) - Q&A / discussion Register by 4th July at www.surveymonkey.com/r/MN8ZS3Y!

Artist Clare Hewitt uses fallen oak leaves and sunlight to create her works of art before returning the leaves to the forest

Fantastic opportunity to join a great team based at our Northern Research Centre near Edinburgh. If GHG fluxes are you thing do take a look...

The project seeks to raise awareness and understanding of forest environmental data and how they relate to climate change. The data are transmitted to the cloud and they will be soon interpreted into music.

There are a few tickets left for the BIFoR-FACE @unibirmingham.bsky.social annual meeting. The theme this year is an exploration of trace gas exchange within forests and the traces of social, cultural and past ecological imprints they hold. More: bit.ly/4iRPTss #LTE #UoBClimateImpact 🌎

A range of opportunities across FR available now!

Forest Research has published the Timber Price Indices (to March 2025) and provisional 2024 figures for UK Wood Production and Trade. 🔗 ow.ly/maRj50VWUPg #Forestry #TimberIndustry #ForestResearch #TimberPrices

⏰ I’m advertising not 1️⃣ but 3️⃣ positions!⏰, one RA and two #PhD s (fully funded 4 year EU/UK fees) as part of my team at @tcddublin.bsky.social looking at how roots work in natural ecosystems and influence greenhouse gas fluxes 🌏 🍃 🌲 💻

We're keen to connect with more friends, partners and supporters on @bsky.app . Read more about our move from the other place and take advantage of our Starter Pack: sylva.org.uk/join-us-on-b... #environment #forestry #wood

Fantastic news and well deserved Bianca!

See how our @forestresearchuk.bsky.social colleagues are setting up new monitoring equipment to monitor the growth of young trees... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLbV...

🌳 A new free Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map is now available, identifying lone trees, groups of trees, and small woodlands across England. This resource will: ✔️ Enhance monitoring ✔️ Inform planning ✔️ Guide canopy expansion 🔗 Explore the map: ow.ly/iVX850VutTa #TreeMapping #ForestResearch

📢 Call for Participants! 3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems 💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered! Organized by four COST Actions 📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods 📅 When: 4–8 August 2025 📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp #SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions

🖥️ Join speakers including our own Prof Laurence Jones at the next Natural Capital Initiative webinar! Discussions on how we can protect and improve natural capital and the benefits it provides in towns and cities 📅 Tue 8 April, 12:30-14:00 my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve... #GreenCities #EcoUrban

All welcome at our Lyme Disease Awareness webinar on Thursday 3rd April (6 pm) with @lymediseaseuk.bsky.social Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lyme-disea... 🌳🕷️

The highlight of my post work walks this week has undoubtedly been the wonderful pair of Barn Owls spotted near our village...

I never get tired of running round #AliceHolt #Forest a very special place....

We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage @universityofleeds.bsky.social! You'll be part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social project, mapping above + below-ground C stocks in European forests 🛰️🌳💻🌲 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 📢 We're searching for someone who’s passionate about internal storytelling & employee engagement to produce content for, & maintain, our busy internal channels. 📝 Apply before 23 March: ow.ly/cTBt50Va9la #Jobs | #ScienceJobs

Nice picture - now I wonder where that site could be?

#forestry & #ecology contractors and surveyors - great opportunity to register your interest in working with us.

🌲 Stay ahead with the latest from #ForestResearch. Sign up for our mailing list and receive updates on cutting-edge research, publications, and resources straight to your inbox. 📩 ✍🏼 ow.ly/Kvof50V9j9e

✨ Our Chief Scientist, Prof Chris Quine & Dr Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Head of Society & Environment Research Group, will be speaking at the ICF Centenary National Conference in April. Make sure to chat with Chris & Bianca about their work and say hello 👋🏼 or talk to us at our exhibition stand. #ICF100

X account now closed - that feels better!

Interested in finding out more about our NCEA Programme? Here is a link to an interview I gave recently explaining all about our range of NCEA projects... www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/143349-...