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If you've been enjoying #NationalTreeWeek as much as we have and don't want the fun to be over, we have good news!
For those local to Leeds, @canopyrobin.com will be representing the team with a talk on Christmas tree communication at Quantum Sauce next tuesday! 🎄
For those local to Leeds, @canopyrobin.com will be representing the team with a talk on Christmas tree communication at Quantum Sauce next tuesday! 🎄
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November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you've been enjoying #NationalTreeWeek as much as we have and don't want the fun to be over, we have good news!
For those local to Leeds, @canopyrobin.com will be representing the team with a talk on Christmas tree communication at Quantum Sauce next tuesday! 🎄
For those local to Leeds, @canopyrobin.com will be representing the team with a talk on Christmas tree communication at Quantum Sauce next tuesday! 🎄
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It's #NationalTreeWeek and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's #NationalTreeWeek and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in.
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Looks like my scything efforts last week paid off to get a few hundred trees planted into our new hedgerow!
This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like my scything efforts last week paid off to get a few hundred trees planted into our new hedgerow!
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Protecting and restoring forests boosts farming and food security. New @fao.org report presented at COP30 brings together recent research including work from @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
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
@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
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Protecting and restoring forests boosts farming and food security. New @fao.org report presented at COP30 brings together recent research including work from @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
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Decent views in the Duddon valley today. Not a bad day for our contractors felling larch for the project's timber needs. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Decent views in the Duddon valley today. Not a bad day for our contractors felling larch for the project's timber needs. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
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At least Tombo and Hazbop have been busy peeling pointing and generally processing our larch into perfect posts. In contrast, local celebrity farmer Paddy seems to think he's done his bit. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At least Tombo and Hazbop have been busy peeling pointing and generally processing our larch into perfect posts. In contrast, local celebrity farmer Paddy seems to think he's done his bit. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
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🎄Is your #Christmas tree talking to you - and if it was, would you want to know?!
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🎄Is your #Christmas tree talking to you - and if it was, would you want to know?!
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
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Voting for this funding closes on Friday. Please share this post and vote for the Alliance for Northern Nature in the WILD PLACES category. Thanks.
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We're up for some funding! Please support our work by voting for us in the WILD PLACES category. Shares much appreciated, as the funding depends on a public vote.
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association ( EOCA ) is a group of European outdoor industry businesses who have come together to provide conservation grants for worldwide projects.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Voting for this funding closes on Friday. Please share this post and vote for the Alliance for Northern Nature in the WILD PLACES category. Thanks.
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We're up for some funding! Please support our work by voting for us in the WILD PLACES category. Shares much appreciated, as the funding depends on a public vote.
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@universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Registration | EOCA | Conservation Funding | Conservation Grants
The European Outdoor Conservation Association ( EOCA ) is a group of European outdoor industry businesses who have come together to provide conservation grants for worldwide projects.
www.eocaconservation.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We're up for some funding! Please support our work by voting for us in the WILD PLACES category. Shares much appreciated, as the funding depends on a public vote.
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Can planting hedgerows help prevent flooding?
Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi.
Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water.
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Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi.
Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Can planting hedgerows help prevent flooding?
Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi.
Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water.
👇
Join us on 10th Dec, 12.00-12.40 to hear from Prof Pippa Chapman & Dr Sofia Biffi.
Pippa & Sofia have explored how hedgerows of different ages (from under 5 years to decades old) affect how well soil absorbs and drains water.
👇
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See press release here: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
Woodland creation strategies reshaped by Stirling-led research | About | University of Stirling
Woodland creation strategies reshaped by Stirling-led research
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October 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
See press release here: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
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New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Our Autumn newsletter is out tomorrow, with volunteer dates, wildlife sightings, a video of a damp badger and more. You can sign up to get it here: mailchi.mp/1dd189bd3314...
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social
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📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
The concurrent climate and biodiversity crises have driven global, national and regional targets to restore landscapes and create woodlands. In England, Defra’s Environmental Improvement Plan commits ...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
PhD opportunity! 🌳🧪🌐🌍
📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
PhD opportunity! 🌳🧪🌐🌍
Fancy doing a PhTree?
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Fancy doing a PhTree?
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
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We've written a blog about our new paper! 🔎If you want to find out about net-zero aligned afforestation in the UK and how this might impact future biogenic emissions in a warmer climate, check out the summary blog @leedsleaf.bsky.social🌳☁️🌍
Increasing woodland cover to 19% to help reach net-zero could change the biogenic emissions from UK woodlands. @treeswithhazel.bsky.social’s latest research shows the potential scale of change by 2050 associated with different tree species mixes.
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We've written a blog about our new paper! 🔎If you want to find out about net-zero aligned afforestation in the UK and how this might impact future biogenic emissions in a warmer climate, check out the summary blog @leedsleaf.bsky.social🌳☁️🌍
Increasing woodland cover to 19% to help reach net-zero could change the biogenic emissions from UK woodlands. @treeswithhazel.bsky.social’s latest research shows the potential scale of change by 2050 associated with different tree species mixes.
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Increasing woodland cover to 19% to help reach net-zero could change the biogenic emissions from UK woodlands. @treeswithhazel.bsky.social’s latest research shows the potential scale of change by 2050 associated with different tree species mixes.
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
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🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets! @reachvolunteering.org.uk @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
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Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fungi fun this month at Restoring Hardknott Forest and Nature Rich Miterdale.
@leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social
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About 1000 wildflowers were planted by the banks of the River Duddon on Sunday. Devils-bit scabious, betony, common knapweed & more. Great work & "well done everyone". @leedsleaf.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
About 1000 wildflowers were planted by the banks of the River Duddon on Sunday. Devils-bit scabious, betony, common knapweed & more. Great work & "well done everyone". @leedsleaf.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social @cumbriacvs.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
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It was an honour to be at the launch of the Ingleborough NNR into the King's Series of NNRs earlier this month - check out the blog below for more on what the #WildIngleborough partnership has achieved since forming in 2021 🌳🦋🐦
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It was an honour to be at the launch of the Ingleborough NNR into the King's Series of NNRs earlier this month - check out the blog below for more on what the #WildIngleborough partnership has achieved since forming in 2021 🌳🦋🐦
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New study led by @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social tracks climate heating and human health impacts of tropical deforestation @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New study led by @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social tracks climate heating and human health impacts of tropical deforestation @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...