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Carly Reddington
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Atmospheric scientist at University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social researching the impacts of air pollution and climate warming on human health. Regions of interest: tropical forests and the UK.

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · Sep 8
🌍 Our new study in @natclimate.nature.com shows tropical #deforestation may cause ~28,000 heat-related deaths/year.
🌳🌡️💻🛰️ Using satellite data & mortality models we quantified the impact of deforestation-driven local warming on human health in the tropics.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🔗 rdcu.be/eEUbI
Deforestation in a SE Asian tropical forest. Photo credit: Carly Reddington

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 5d
📣 Check out the new FAO report on #Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture:
🔗 www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

📄 openknowledge.fao.org/items/f72aff...

Reposted by Carly Reddington

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 7d
Forests drive agricultural success, not conflict, report shows.

@FAO.org -led report says protecting and restoring forests is crucial to boosting climate-resilient agriculture, rural livelihoods and global food and water security.

📰 www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

📗 doi.org/10.4060/cd75...

#COP30

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 12d
Un mapa interactivo muestra que la deforestación eleva las temperaturas tropicales hasta en 5 °C. noticiasdelatierra.com/deforestacio...
🌳 Un mapa interactivo muestra cómo la deforestación eleva las temperaturas tropicales hasta en 5 °C 🌍🔥
La deforestación intensifica el calor y amenaza la biodiversidad tropical. #Deforestación #Clima #Amazonía #MedioAmbiente
noticiasdelatierra.com

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 15d
What would a world without forests mean for you?
Join us at the UK Pavilion on 13 Nov to explore UK–Brazil climate science partnerships through CSSP Brazil & AmazonFACE.
Promotional graphic for an event titled ‘Advancing Global Forest Science for Climate Policy: Showcasing UK Brazil Research Partnerships & AmazonFACE.’ The event takes place Thursday 13 November 2025, 16:30–18:00 at the UK Pavilion, Blue Zone. Includes a panel and online audience discussion on ‘What would the world be like without forests?’ Background shows a lush green rainforest with mist rising above the trees. Logos of Met Office, AmazonFACE, INPA, Cemaden, and INPE appear at the bottom.

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Dom Spracklen @domspracklen.bsky.social · 16d
A new map shows how tropical deforestation causes local climate warming. Highlights the important local benefits of preserving tropical forest @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social

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Local warming from tropical deforestation
Local warming from tropical deforestation web visualisation
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 16d
Northern Thailand faces yearly haze as maize fields are burned for animal feed production.

Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand
MAE CHAM/OMKOI, Thailand — Rain lashed down in the northern Thai village of Nong Krating as Sawattiphon Wongkasettakon described the worsening air pollution that sweeps in through the mountains here…
news.mongabay.com

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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · 18d
Our Air Quality Stripes (inspired by @edhawkins.org) show how air pollution has changed since 1850 around the world. (airqualitystripes.info)
@kirstypringle.bsky.social @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social

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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · 18d
In three days, #COP30 starts in #Belém, Brazil, let’s remember that climate action isn’t just about climate - it’s also a good way to clean the air we breathe.
Many of the steps we take to tackle #climatechange can also bring immediate air-quality benefits.

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
6/ Data behind the map is based on research published in @natclimate.nature.com, which found that tropical #deforestation has already exposed over 300 million people to increased heat and is associated with 28,000 annual heat-related deaths
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess the impacts of tropical deforestation and its subsequent local warming on human heat-related mortality. They estimate that deforestation-related warming (+0.27 °C) is associated wit...
www.nature.com

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
5/ Launched ahead of #COP30 in #Brazil, this tool connects local action with global climate goals
#ClimateAction #Deforestation #HeatRisk #ForestProtection #COP30

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
4/ The toolkit is hosted by the @metoffice.gov.uk on its CSSP Brazil VIEWpoint website:
🔗 www.viewpoint-brazil.org
Explore the map to see the impact in your region - and how protecting tropical forests can help cool the #climate locally:
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
Local warming from tropical deforestation
Local warming from tropical deforestation web visualisation
cemac.github.io

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
3/ Deforestation-induced local warming can affect:

🌡️ Human health & wellbeing

🌾 Food production

💧 Water security

🐄 Livestock health

👷 Labour productivity
Implications are especially important for vulnerable communities across the #tropics

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
2/ The new interactive map shows how tropical forest loss could raise local temperatures by up to 5°C on top of warming from global #ClimateChange 🌡️

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 19d
🌍 New Toolkit Alert!
 Tropical #deforestation is heating up local climates - with serious risks for #health, agriculture, and climate resilience 🌳🌡️
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social

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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 19d
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
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Ahead of COP30, online map shows deforestation is linked to tropical temperature rises - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map created by researchers at the University of Leeds. The onli...
climate.leeds.ac.uk

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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 19d
Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025

We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change

Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Carly Reddington

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20d
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

- Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at #COP30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William

Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21d
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst #airpollution, analysis finds

- Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds
Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 21d
🚨New paper! Estimates of #wildfire pollutant concentrations, population exposure & #health impacts are sensitive to the spatial resolution of #AirQuality models ➡️ Important implications for modelling future wildfire risk under #ClimateChange 🔥😷 @ailishgraham.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 21d
Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where hundreds of mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition.
Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands
Lawmakers in Brazil can scrap a 30-year-old protection to meet global demand for gold and other minerals.
news.mongabay.com

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AGU GeoHealth Section @agugeohealth.bsky.social · 21d
‼️ Next AGU GeoHealth Quarterly Seminar will feature Professor Lisa Patel and Professor @minghaoqiu.bsky.social

🔥 Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🌍

Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST

Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Oct 23
"Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
www.theguardian.com

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Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 16
Green Space, Young People & Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation & Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions

This PhD with Susanne Lorenz and @catzigle.bsky.social will explore urban green infrastructure for wellbeing, climate change adaptation & biodiversity

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Green Space, Young People, and Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation and Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
This PhD project explores how urban green infrastructure—like tree planting and green corridors—can support the development of inclusive biodiverse, and climate-resilient urban environments, through p...
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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Carly Reddington

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Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 16
Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change

Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?

unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...
Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change – Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk

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Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 16
Understanding the development of Amazonian peatlands

Join @kofitim.bsky.social for this exciting PhD project exploring Amazonian peatlands

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Understanding the development of Amazonian peatlands - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
The Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin (PMFB) in northern Peru comprises the largest peatland complex in Amazonia, storing 5.4 Pg C, harbouring unique biodiversity and supporting livelihoods of indigenous...
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Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 16
Quantifying deforestation-induced climate risks to human wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa

This PhD project will be supervised by @jesstreebaker.bsky.social, @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, and David Williams

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Quantifying deforestation-induced climate risks to human wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Human wellbeing fundamentally depends on a liveable climate and access to safe and nutritious food. However, these two goals may increasing be in conflict: economic and demographic shifts are driving ...
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