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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 6d

We're sold out for our Annual Lecture next week! Thank you to all those who got tickets, we're looking forward to seeing you and discussing food and nutrition!

You can drop-in to our Research Showcase 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Wednesday 8 October at We The Curious.
www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

2025: Cabot Research Showcase on rethinking food and nutrition for the planet | Cabot Institute for the Environment | University of Bristol

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 7d

In this week's Cabot Mail:

🌧️ Climate change is supercharging Europe’s biggest hail
🌳 Amazon rainforest trees are getting bigger due to climate crisis
🍫 Chocolate and climate change video

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 13d

- Professor Jeff Brunstrom, nutrition and behaviour expert at the Cabot Institute for the Environment.

Get your ticket before it's too late! www.tickettailor.com/events/cabot...

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 13d

- Professor Pete Falloon, Professor of Climate Resilient Food Systems and Science Lead for Food Security at the Met Office (chair).
- Sophie Healy-Thow, co-founder of Act4Food Act4Change and Global Youth Campaigns Coordinator for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 13d

We're delighted to host the following thoughtleaders on food and nutrition:
- Kath Dalmeny, Chief Executive of Sustain (keynote speaker)
- Rose Ndulu Ndolo, Global Head of Food Security at Blue Ventures
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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 13d

Only 50 tickets left!

If you haven't got your ticket for our Annual Lecture on rethinking food and nutrition for the planet, you might want to gets yours asap! [1/4]

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Neil Carhart @neilcarhart.bsky.social · 14d

We have a new paper in Cities:

"Health consideration in UK urban development: Systems mapping insights for interventions"

It details systems mapping that informed the design & implementation of 7 joined-up interventions to improve the consideration of health in urban development decision making.

Neil Carhart @neilcarhart.bsky.social · 29d

If #health is everyone’s responsibility in #urban development...why is it often nobody’s priority?

We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.

It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system

doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

An image of a Causal Loop Diagram showing the interaction between some aspects of urban development decision making and health.

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Dr Dan O'Hare @edpsydan.bsky.social · 13d

So errrr....give us a follow...?!

@educatedguesspod.bsky.social

#Psychology #edpsychs

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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 19d

Highlights from our latest newsletter:

📔 Trustworthy (artificial) intelligence only comes with real understanding of language

🍎 @cabot-institute.bsky.social showcase & annual lecture

👩‍💻 Trust Everything Everywhere - ARIA Programme Discovery Workshop

Read more here: tinyurl.com/52ppuks3

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CO₂RE – The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub @co2rehub.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 Reminder: Impact Day is just 2 weeks away! Join us for Day 2 of the UK GGR Event on 30 September to explore the impact of our research & what comes next for greenhouse gas removal in the UK. Read more & sign up here: co2re.org/events/the-u... #UKGGR2025

Image advertising Day 2 of the UK GGR Event.

Day 2: Impact

#UKGGR2025

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · 21d

In this week's Cabot Mail:

💰 Bristol academics land prestigious European Research Council grants totalling €10 million
🐟 A blueprint for marine recovery
🏞️ Ancient river folklore
🧊 Polar geoengineering is dangerous and far too costly, say scientists

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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 28d

Check out the upcoming seminar on 'Interlinked: temperature, species, and health' co-organised by @cabot-institute.bsky.social & @ebibristol.bsky.social

📆 17 September
⏰ 13:30 -14:30
📍 35 Berkeley Square, for UoB students and staff / Online for externals

Find out more: lnkd.in/epqmzwss

Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.

More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

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CO₂RE – The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub @co2rehub.bsky.social · Sep 8

👉 UK GGR startups: you have 4 days left to apply to pitch at Innovation Day on 1 October! Successful applicants will pitch for the chance to join the UK's 1st dedicated CO2 removal accelerator, supported by @undaunted-hq.bsky.social & @innovateuk.bsky.social. More info: airtable.com/appbsB2aWP1H...

Image advertising Day 3 of the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event.

Day 3: Innovate

#UKGGR2025

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Neil Carhart @neilcarhart.bsky.social · 29d

If #health is everyone’s responsibility in #urban development...why is it often nobody’s priority?

We mapped the system using interviews with 132 decision-makers.

It shows
- Where health slips through the cracks
- How 7 interventions could shift the whole system

doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm at KTH in Stockholm this week. On Thursday I'll be giving a book talk for @anthropocenekth.bsky.social on what energy history, and wind energy specifically, have to offer understandings of the Anthropocene and where we might go from here. More info here: www.kth.se/anthropocene...

Book Talk with Marianna Dudley "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain" | KTH

Marianna Dudley will present her book Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain, to be published by Manchester University Press October 2025. It is the first academic history of wind energy in the UK.

www.kth.se

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper (first work from Bristol!)

'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sulfoxaflor Impairs Bumblebee Memory Across Moderate and Extreme Temperatures

Bumblebees rely on their memory to navigate a complicated landscape and floral marketplace. When foraging, bees are often exposed to a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, but how these stressors in...

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Sep 5

What have been the best/most effective/meaningful environmental changes in 20thC Britain, in your view? I'm writing a new unit & have lots of disasters, decline, and conflicts; but I don't think it's been all bad. Some egs. of positive changes - intro of National Parks; rise of green politics...

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Sep 5

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!

Global distribution of forest landscapes covered by airborne LiDAR

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come and see Carlos at our Research Showcase on food and nutrition on Wednesday 8 October, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at We The Curious. No booking needed, just turn up. If you're lucky, you might get to try some of his amazing chocolate! More info on our website
bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...

2025: Cabot Research Showcase on rethinking food and nutrition for the planet | Cabot Institute for the Environment | University of Bristol

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the UK we eat over 500,000 tonnes of 🍫chocolate🍫 every year which is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Chocolatier and Caboteer Carlos Ayala is working with farmers and chocolate makers to help make our chocolate consumption more sustainable.

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Chocolate!🍫

YouTube video by Cabot Institute for the Environment

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Cabot Institute for the Environment has welcomed Chris Kaye to chair its Strategic Advisory Board. Chris served the United Nations (UN) for 32 years and brings extensive knowledge around food security, disasters, water, cities, environmental change and energy.
bristol.ac.uk/cabot/news/2...

2025: New Chair for the Cabot Institute for the Environment | Cabot Institute for the Environment | University of Bristol

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Sep 1

Busy reading today, in preparation for chairing a discussion with climate scientist Tim Lenton about his new book Positive Tipping Points (OUP) - @bookhaus.bsky.social in Bristol on Wednesday. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...

Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis at Bookhaus

We can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that accelerate us out of the climate crisis. How do we get out of a climate crisis of our own making? As global change escalates, we are...

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Sep 2

Six weeks from publication! Forgive a little book promo. I’ve got some talks lined up this autumn if you want to hear more about Electric Wind. Feel free to message me for more details.

Electric Wind talks and events in autumn 2025 (arranged by date)

Electric Wind talks in autumn 2025 arranged by place

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Sep 4

In this week's Cabot Mail:

🌀 Hurricane forecasting 20 years on from Katrina
🏢 Urbanization and inequality podcast
🌊 Flood relief for devastated Nepalese region
☢️ Making vital nuclear ingredients without using a big nuclear fission reactor

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Sep 2

In the wake of devastating floods that struck the Kathmandu region of Nepal in September 2024, University of Bristol student Ivan Lewis has launched a community resilience project in Bethanchowk, a rural municipality severely impacted by the disaster.
bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/au...

August: Ivan Lewis student story | News and features | University of Bristol

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