This week, we installed sensors at our EXPLORATION experimental site to monitor soil water dynamics across newly planted tree species mixtures. It’s going to be a busy summer! 🧪🌳

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

➡️💻 Join our upcoming webinar to hear the latest research on drought impacts in UK forestry, including new drought risk indices and decision-support tools designed to help assess tree species suitability under future climates. 🔗 Registration: ow.ly/eYpz50Yv90M #ForestResearch #Drought #Webinar

A podcast all about drought (and cosmic rays 🙂)

Yesterday (despite the miserable weather!) we installed a LICOR evapotranspiration sensor and a new anemometer on our eddy covariance system monitoring a young Sitka spruce stand. The data will allow us to compare the sensors in preparation for future forest research projects. 🌳🧪

You won't want to miss this! Keep your calendars free and hopefully see you in Switzerland in October 🌳🍁🌐🧪

Our EXPLORATION project aims to generate a clearer understanding of how mixed‑species stands in newly established forests respond to drought 🌳 In November, stakeholders helped shape the next phase of this project in a workshop hosted by @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social 🤝 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/dfYbx

Only nine conifer species make up almost all UK commercial forests. Sitka spruce accounts for over half of all timber harvested. To boost resilience to climate change, Forest Research and partners (Forestry and Land Scotland & Forestry England) planted 17 emerging species over 9 large trial sites.

New study from BIFoR FACE! "Elevated CO2 Increases the Canopy Temperature of Mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)"

🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🌿 New PhD position 🌿 Looking at the effects of experimental warming and elevated CO2 on leaf thermoregulation and ecophysiology at the 3 FACE experiments in UK, Brazil and Australia! 🌡️ Start in March 2026 - deadline to apply December 15th: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before” news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

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...

After many years, I find myself playing again with loggers and sensors! 😁 This set will be part of a MSc experiment comparing water stress in mixed and monoculture stands of Scots pine and Silver birch.

📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢 🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes! Click on the link below to find out more! #Internships

🌳 Woodland owners and managers – our oaks need you. This summer, assess 5+ trees and share the data via Forest Lab to support research into Acute Oak Decline. Sign up 👉 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/145159-...

New results from the #BIFoR #FACE experiment. Old-growth oak trees show signs of reduced water usage under elevated CO2, but also strong interannual variability, whilst "ghost" trees use less water than those in other treatments. Full details here: doi.org/10.5194/bg-2... @sequick.bsky.social 🧪

A new study, published in Nature by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro reveals that conservative tree species actually grow faster in real-world forest conditions than the traditionally faster-growing acquisitive species. Find out more: ow.ly/tVWF50VkBqJ

Climate change is impacting #Spring 🌍 Compared to the early 1900s, spring now occurs an average of 8.4 days earlier 📅 As signs of spring change, it's crucial to track these shifts to monitor nature’s health 🔍 Join us to log the spring sightings you see in nature 👉https://buff.ly/3PTQ6ze

A lot of truth in this article - if rather bluntly expressed. There really is a tendency at many universities to make simple things needlessly complicated academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

Replace "climate" with "global"?

Delighted to have led this research and always great to see our science published! Check out this video, the paper and a data explorer we’ve built so that YOU can interactively explore the data and the results yourself! Thanks to the FR team and Forestry England for making this research possible🍁

We have an exceptional opportunity available to join Forest Research as our Chief Scientist. 🌍✨ If you are ready to make a lasting impact on the future of forest science, apply now: ow.ly/bMxR50UTly5 #ForestResearch #ScienceLeadership #ChiefScientist #JobVacancy

💡 What does it take to select a new generation of Douglas fir trees that will be adapted to the British climate and have good timber properties? 🥾 We went to Mortimer Forest, where experimental trials were first set up over 30 years ago, to find out. 🔗 www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/142575-...

💙 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗦𝗸𝘆, we’re excited to be here 🌞 🎥 To kick things off, step into the captivating world of #Entomology with Danae Vassiliades, Entomological Curator at #ForestResearch, for an 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 tour of our taxonomy lab. 📺 Watch the full video here: youtu.be/r_56hj70nKM

Euronews: Carbon capture: The inside story of how a ‘delay tactic’ became a darling of the EU

A PhD opportunity to work with remote sensing data, carbon fluxes and forest data from Alice Holt, Hampshire, UK

It was a lively poster session today at the #BES2024 annual conference! In the next few months we'll have results from our dendrochronology study on past drought resilience of broadleaf tree species in England.

From mapping forest function and disturbances, exploring forest dynamics to mortality from drought, 2024 has seen several analyses we've been working on for years finally come out. Here's a quick summary of them, @julenastigarraga.bsky.social @n-acil.bsky.social @daijunliu.bsky.social

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... I have a fern PhD opportunity in my group with the MIBTP DTP to study the evolution of epigenetic regulation in seed-based reproduction. If you know of anyone who is interested please do let them know. Deadline 16th January. Thank you! #Plantscience #PhD

centa.ac.uk/studentship/... I also have an oak(!) PhD opportunity in my group via the CENTA DTP 😅. What drives oak's slow ageing, and can this be changed to allow fast breeding? If you know anyone who's interested please do let them know! Deadline 8th January. Thank you! 🙏 #Plantscience #PhD

Hi science 🧪 folks. I am just sharing a feed that i’ve been working on in the past year. It has 10K+ contributors, mostly scientist and researchers in different science disciplines, connected with the *climate* crisis. Check it and: use it, like it, share it… if usable bsky.app/profile/did:...

Today I was out in crispy (but sunny!) conditions to measure #soilrespiration at a Sitka spruce clearfell site as part of long-term monitoring of #GHG #fluxes in #forest plantations

🚨 Leadership Roles in Environmental Science! 🚨 We are hiring 4 x Associate Science Directors to lead key science areas: Biodiversity & Land Use Environmental Pressures & Response Hydroclimate Extremes & Resilience Surface Atmosphere Interactions & Effects 🌍Apply by 25 Nov with the links below 👇🏼

Exciting first post on BlueSky: We have a PhD opportunity with Anna Gardner & me @BIFoRUoB in mangroves ecophysiology! 🌱 🌡️ Potential funding through @CENTA_NERC - see here: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

A useful recap on #climatechange issues ahead of the #COP29 summit

Missed the latest #C3S Climate Bulletin? Read our summary article about 🌡️ 2024 set to end up as the warmest year on record 💧 extreme rainfall lead to severe flooding in Europe ❄️ Antarctic sea ice extent continues near record low 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/year-2024-se...

I'm not American but this applies generally. Leaders should always base their choices on evidence.

Easy and concise article on the latest results from the #BIFoR #FACE experiment

A very interesting podcast series on environmental issues and research by @ukceh.bsky.social

#CO2 ferilisation effect in a #FACE experiment in a 180-year-old Quercus robur L. woodland in central England.