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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 10d

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.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18d

“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”

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Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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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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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Aug 2

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...

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Jul 25

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.

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Dr George Xenakis MICFor @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social · Jul 24

🌳🌲Today, we released an online survey seeking to collect the views and experiences of people managing mixed-species stands in the UK, as part of my new CFP project, EXPLORATION. Follow the link to find out more, and please share the survey link with your network.
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Mixed species planting for drought adaptation - Forest Research

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Dr George Xenakis MICFor @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social · Jul 8

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

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Centre for Forest Protection @forest-protection.bsky.social · Jul 4

📢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

Centre for Forest Protection Internship Vacancies – 2025/26 - Centre for Forest Protection

We are recruiting six new interns across Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to work on a wide range of projects. Take a look to see if there is one for you!

www.forestprotection.uk

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · May 2

🌳 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-...

Volunteers needed to help monitor health of oaks in new research project - Forest Research

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Mar 25

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 🧪

Water usage of old-growth oak at elevated CO2 in the FACE (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) of climate change

Abstract. Predicting how increased atmospheric CO2 levels will affect water usage by whole, mature trees remains a challenge. The present study investigates diurnal (i.e. daylight) water usage of oaks...

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

Group of 2 adults and 2 children under 6 years in a woodland in Spring. There is wild garlic flowering underfoot and they have stopped to look closely at something on the ground. Credit WTML.

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Tom Pugh @tompugh.bsky.social · Mar 11

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...

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Feb 22

Replace "climate" with "global"?

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Feb 22

Climate change is the biggest crisis humanity faces in the 21st century and just because they are trying to eliminate all mentions of the word “climate“ doesn’t actually solve anything.

Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safety

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Ovenden @woodecology.bsky.social · Feb 6

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🍁

Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Feb 6

🌲📰 In a new paper, Forest Research analysed the early survival and growth rates of multiple provenances from 18 tree species across 5 replicated experiments to understand which could have a key role in climate change adaptation.

Read the paper and explore the data: ow.ly/WW2J50UUGNh

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Feb 4

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

Current Opportunities - Forest Research

Browse the latest vacancies and current job opportunities at Forest Research, and apply online.

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Dr George Xenakis MICFor @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social · Dec 14

Visit our website to learn more about our research on drought impacts. #drought #climatechange

www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/142122-...

New drought videos build knowledge of drought impacts and current research - Forest Research

Drought, forests, research, climate change, water, temperature

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Jan 7

💡 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-...

Homegrown seed that will kickstart a new breeding generation of British Douglas Fir trees - Forest Research

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Dec 18

💙 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

Behind the Scenes at Forest Research's Taxonomy Lab: Insect Collections & Stories

YouTube video by Forest Research

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Dec 18

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

How CCS became the fossil fuel industry’s favourite ‘escape hatch’

Oil and gas lobbyists have helped push carbon capture and storage into the heart of Europe’s climate plans.

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Dec 17

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

CR2025_29: Remote Sensing of Solar Induced Fluorescence in Forests at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - CR2025_29: Remote Sensing of Solar Induced Fluorescence in Forests at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · Dec 11

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.

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Tom Pugh @tompugh.bsky.social · Dec 3

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

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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · Nov 25

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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

Dr Andrew Plackett

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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · Nov 25

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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

2025-B25 Can the lifecycle of oak be adapted to coming climate change? – CENTA

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