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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · 19h

For transparency and as a decision support tool, the (anonymous) data from the Horizon Scanning have been made available by CABI.

Oxford Systematic Reviews - OXSREV @oxsrev.org · 19h

The raw data from the One health Horizon Scanning is available as an interactive tool developed by CABI - see www.cabidigitallibrary.org/product/jk/o...

One Health Horizon Scanning Survey – Interactive Tool | CABI Digital Library

Explore priority One Health horizon-scanning questions with interactive filters, respondent views, and a full dataset download option.

www.cabidigitallibrary.org

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · 19h

This Horizon Scanning for One Health was a great collaboration, guided by a superb international Advisory Group

Oxford Systematic Reviews - OXSREV @oxsrev.org · 19h

One Health Horizon Scanning - new Report published. www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
In collaboration with Juno Evidence Alliance, in partnership with CABI, the report prioritises future One Health research needs, particularly in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

One Health Horizon Scanning: Contribution to Road Map | Juno Reports

ABSTRACT A Horizon Scanning process was undertaken to identify and prioritize future One Health (OH) research needs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), focusing on Africa and Asia. Through a ...

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 16d

The #ClimateChange Hub is the official home of UK forestry climate change guidance.

🌳 Our practical, evidence-based resources can help land managers navigate risks, adaptation measures and carbon considerations.

Explore the Climate Change Hub ➡ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forestr...

Forestry carbon information resource launches on the Climate Change Hub - Forest Research

Forestry carbon information resource on the Climate Change Hub

www.forestresearch.gov.uk

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · Sep 4

A simple way to reduce the risk of importing illegal conflict timber, would be to grow more timber in the UK.

In reality domestic timber availability is set for long term decline, so we are deliberately increasing our dependence on imported timber and other forest products.

Forestry Journal/essentialARB @forestryjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 it became illegal to import Russian and Belarusian plywood and timber products into Britain and other European countries.

🔗 www.forestryjournal.co.uk/news/2542069...

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Trees for Cities @treesforcities.bsky.social · Aug 20

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you don't expect to sit."

People sitting under and around trees in St James Park, London

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Each year the Museum runs a club for key stage 4 students. Investigators interested in the natural world have an opportunity to meet in the Museum and pursue an extended project of their choice. Investigators meet on Saturdays from 10:30 to 12:30 for 10 weeks, and work on their personal projects.

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Jul 24

PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping?

Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.

💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant

🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD

Systematic Review and Mapping International School

Join us from the 10-15/11/25 for a 5-day workshop focusing on systematic review and mapping methodology training in social and environmental science

evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 14

What a great paper!

Hanno Seebens @hannoseebens.bsky.social · Aug 14

📣 A global assessment of the status, trends and gaps of #non-native (alien, partly #invasive) #species

A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.

doi.org/10.1111/brv....

🌐 #ecology #globalchange

Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps

Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ....

doi.org

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 14

Made me remember the fabulous musical theatre- Quipu- developed and performed at Imberhorne School back in the 70's

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · Aug 14

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

The Inca Empire hung by a thread—literally.

arstechnica.com

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 14

Excellent visualisation of important difference.

WHO @who.int · Aug 14

Do you know the difference between misinformation and disinformation? Find out. 👇🏿

Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 13

To balance the good progress on Horizon... depressing continued Brexit downside.

ses67.bsky.social @ses67.bsky.social · Aug 13

We send £350m a week to the EU, let's all die of heat stroke instead....

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 13

Such good news after devastating Brexit fallout.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Aug 13

UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme

Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined the programme as associate member post-Brexit 👏
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme

Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined programme as associate member post-Brexit

www.theguardian.com

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Ko Konno @kokonno.bsky.social · Jul 8

The risk of bias in effect estimates is indeed real in environmental research, but it is still largely ignored doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Redirecting

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Aug 12

This looks terrific!

Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · Jul 29

Healthy life expectancy declining in Scotland for almost a decade (data released today). What's going on?? Why are we going backwards on people ageing in a healthy way despite a thriving self-help & wellness industry? My new book takes a closer look... www.penguin.co.uk/books/458539...

How Not to Die (Too Soon)

Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening e...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great thread about the new @uk.theconversation.com article @sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote about how Kennedy is systematically undermining vaccines in a coordinated and scarily effective way in the US.

full article here:
theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Despite the fact that vaccines have saved millions of lives and RFK Jr made promises that he was not anti-vaccine when he was confirmed as HHS and pledged to maintain vaccines and science integrity he is systematically going back on that promise #ImmunoSky 🧪🧵

How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world

Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.

theconversation.com

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Legacy Forest Data @legacyforestinfo.bsky.social · Aug 10

Dieter #Mueller-Dombois would have turned 100 years old these days. He died in 2022, one week before his 97th birthday. His archive on the #vegetation of the tropical #Pacific islands consists of countless notes, documents and slides. Context: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois (1925-2022), obituary

PDF | On Dec 15, 2022, Hans Juergen Boehmer published Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois (1925-2022), obituary | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

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Hans Juergen Boehmer @hjboehmer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Where modern multi-causal #research into #forest #decline began...

Legacy Forest Data @legacyforestinfo.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dieter´s interdisciplinary research into the causes of large-scale #forest #dieback in forests on the islands of #Hawai´i throughout the 1970s and 80s had a global impact and can be seen as exemplary for modern multi-causal forest #decline #research. Context: muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/articl...

Early 1980s: Dieter Mueller-Dombois and Mallikarjuna Aradhya pulling a Metrosideros polymorpha sapling out of organic peat somewhere in Hawai´i´s rainforest. Courtesy of Annette Mueller-Dombois.

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Hans Juergen Boehmer @hjboehmer.bsky.social · Aug 1

Forest decline research in 1976... #forest #dieback #history

Legacy Forest Data @legacyforestinfo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Let's start with our header. August 1976, Hawaii, Big Island, Saddle Road area: Prof. Dieter Mueller-Dombois, University of Hawaii at Manoa, takes notes on the dieback of native Ohia trees (Metrosideros polymorpha). Photo by James D. Jacobi. Context: scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/c...

August 1976, Island of Hawaii (Big Island), Saddle Road area: Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, takes notes on the decline (dieback) of native ohia lehua trees (Metrosideros polymorpha). Photograph by James D. Jacobi.

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Woodknowledge Wales @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Tai ar y Cyd programme has won the 2025 CEW Award for Integration and Collaborative Working!

This ground-breaking initiative brings together 24 social landlords to deliver scalable, low-carbon homes using home-grown Welsh timber and shared design.

Tai ar y Cyd wins major construction award for collaborative working - Woodknowledge Wales

Tai ar y Cyd has won a prestigious CEW Award for collaborative working, recognising its pioneering use of home-grown timber and shared design to deliver scalable, low-carbon social housing across…

woodknowledge.wales

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Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley.bsky.social · Jul 25

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗

It's not currently possibly to safely or easily walk the full length of the Lye Valley after some mindless vandal(s) set fire to part of the boardwalk last night. The City Council are aware of the situation, and are visiting today.
@headingtonnews.bsky.social

A section of melted boardwalk, part of which is completely burnt through fills the bottom three quarters of the photo. There is green vegetation to both sides, a small information board top left, and a piece of red and white tape across an unburnt section of boardwalk top right.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jul 18

For Kuhn's Bday resharing this paper on Kuhn's philosophy of data & fundamental constants, coauthored w/ my recent PhD student @federicabocchi.bsky.social, which has the cryptic title "Kuhn’s ‘5th Law of Thermodynamics’:
Measurement, Data, & Anomalies" #philsci
bokulich.org/wp-content/u...

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Kuhn's "Fifth Law of Thermodynamics"
Measurement, Data, and Anomalies
Alisa Bokulich and Federica Bocchi
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Introduction
A central component of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of measurement is what he calls the fifth law of thermodynamics. According to this "law," there will always be discrepancies between experimental results and scientists' prior expectations, whether those expectations arise from theory or from other experimental data. These discrepancies often take the form of what Kuhn calls quantitative anomalies, and they play a central role in both normal and revolutionary science. Whether the effort to resolve these anomalies is taken to be a part of normal or revolutionary science depends in part on the ever-evolving and context-dependent standards of what Kuhn calls reasonable agreement. In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (SSR), Kuhn identifies as one of the most important types of experiments those aimed at determining the values of the fundamental physical constants. Why would he emphasize this seemingly obscure class of experiments? The answer, we argue, requires paying closer attention to, first, the historical context of a prominent research program in the physics department at Berkeley when Kuhn arrived in the 1950s and, second, Kuhn's broader philosophy of measurement and data. As we show, the fifth law of thermodynamics and the failure of reasonable agreement played a fundamental role in both.
In Section 3.2, we reconstruct Kuhn's philosophy of measurement and philosophy of data, as laid out primarily in his 1961 paper "The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science" (ET 178-224), where he introduces this fifth law. We discuss the important role of quantitative anomalies in Kuhn's philosophy, noting his emphasis on the iterative process of improving reasonable agreement. Section 3.3 turns to the historical context at Berkeley and the research program initiated by the longtime physics chair, Raymond T. Birge, who first called attention…

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

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European Forest Institute @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are seeking Head of Research!

This position offers a unique #opportunity to work within a stimulating #international environment in one of the Institute’s #senior #leadership positions.

All details and how to apply: careers.efi.int/o/head-of-re...

European Forest Institute - Head of Research

The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organisation with 30 member countries and around 130 Associate and Affiliate member organisations. EFI undertakes forest research and policy su

careers.efi.int

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Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Jul 14

Brilliant! Rough timetable is posted on their website www.royalswan.co.uk/...I hope to catch them in Culham on Friday

Gill Petrokofsky @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social · Jul 10

Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data - Serrano - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data

Collecting data from local sources markedly further strengthens global biodiversity databases by adding species not previously included in international datasets. Furthermore, the addition of these d....

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