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Amy Bennett

@amybenno.bsky.social
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Ecologist understanding tropical forest climate sensitivity carbon | climate change | nature-based solutions #rstats

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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wrote this article for The Conversation about what we've learned about size-related drought mortality in forests over the last decade theconversation.com/the-worlds-biggest-trees-could-hold-the-secret-to-coping-with-drought-287901?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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The world’s biggest trees could hold the secret to coping with drought
Ecologists thought the largest trees would be most vulnerable to drought. The reality is more complex, with some forest giants unexpectedly resilient.
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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti... 🔥😬
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'Exceptional' wildfire risk for parts of UK as heatwave health alerts issued
The warnings come as parts of the UK are set to enter their second week of temperatures above the heatwave threshold.
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
With an El Niño brewing I wrote this for The Conversation | "Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research" theconversation.com/tropical-for...
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Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research
Some of South America’s tropical forests effectively stopped absorbing carbon during the 2015-2016 El Niño.
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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El Niño is coming. At the FAO we know where drought will hit hardest
A powerful El Niño is building at a dangerous moment for global food security. It is arriving as the world is already facing record heat driven by climate change, and as shipping disruptions in the St...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
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Bracing for El Niño: FAO and WFP launch joint appeal to protect 8.8 million people from extreme weather events
Scaling up early action in 22 high-risk countries will help safeguard lives, livelihoods and food security
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I was interviewed by @science.org for this piece on giant trees and drought resilience. An impressive study, but it doesn't overturn previous work: drought responses depend on the forest, the type of drought, and tree traits www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Being a taller tree doesn’t doom you to drought after all
New study challenges idea that tall trees’ hydraulics make them more vulnerable to dry conditions
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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/07/2026
New research on Southeast Asian dipterocarps, the tallest tropical trees, shows that they adjust their hydraulic system as they grow tall, suggesting resilience to drought. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/4eOcwhy
The tallest 1% of trees store more than half the carbon in the world’s forests. It is widely assumed that height limits canopy hydration of tall trees; however, direct evidence that this happens for tall trees such as the Koompassia excelsa, shown here, is lacking. Research on Southeast Asian dipterocarps, the tallest tropical trees, shows that they adjust their hydraulic system as they grow tall, suggesting resilience to drought.

Photo: Nick Garbutt/Minden
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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Large-scale patterns of tropical forest embolism resistance mapped across space and angiosperm phylogeny. Combining measurements across the Amazon with 100s of floristic samples, Julia Tavares & colleagues report remarkable variation in vulnerability to drought. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Belen Fadrique @belenfadrique.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Warmer, drier and more seasonal forests lost species, while those at higher elevations, less fragmented areas and with faster rates of tree turnover gained them The Northern Andes and Western Amazon showed an increase, and the Central Andes, Guyana Shield and Central-Eastern Amazon showed a decline
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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.
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Tim Baker @kofitim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
West-east gradient across Amazonia in fast-slow life history strategies of forests beautifully illustrated by new ATDN paper; forests are 'fast' in the west and 'slow' in the northeast of Amazonia doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Map of Amazonia showing how the functional composition of forests varies west-east across Amazonia
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Nifty Fox Creative @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
We’re talking all things trees 🌲 🌳 🌴 today with @leedsleaf.bsky.social! Here’s @amybenno.bsky.social presentation on climate anomalies impact on South American trees - fascinating! We are officially tree nerds now 🤓
Live scribe illustration of a talk on South American Tropical Forests by Amy Bennett
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
Long-term survival of Congo’s biodiversity threatened by lack of local scientists | Science www.science.org/content/article/lon…
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
"Trees are one of our biggest carbon hopes. Supporting the scientists studying them should be a much higher priority." www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-…
nature.com
We must get a grip on forest science — before it’s too late
Trees are one of our biggest carbon hopes. Supporting the...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 08/09/2023
🌳 Over 100 researchers tracked trees for 30+ years in South American forests 🌲 The 2015-16 El Niño caused the carbon sink to cease, impacting drier forests the most 🌎We're proud that our Research Briefing is available in Portuguese and...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
🌳 New blog! Dive into the world of South American tropical forests and their role in combating climate change. Discover how the 2015-16 El Niño event reshaped the carbon dynamics in these vital ecosystems. 🌍🌱 #ClimateChange #ElNino...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Tropical forests 'switched off' during hottest year on record metro.co.uk/2023/09/04/tropical-for… via @MetroUK
metro.co.uk
Tropical forests 'switched off' during hottest year on re...
The great carbon sink stopped working in 2016.
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 04/09/2023
The impact of El Niño on South American forests 🌎 Delighted to share our Article published in Nature Climate Change today www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-…
nature.com
Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extr...
The authors analyse tree responses to an extreme heat and...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 18/05/2021
Out today: our paper on the Resistance of African tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly www.pnas.org/content/118/21/e200316… @PNASNews @UniversityLeeds @SoGLeeds Here's a quick summary👇
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 28/06/2018
Could El Niño and climate change spell the end for tropical forests? news.mongabay.com/2018/06/could-el-… via @Mongabay
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Could El Niño and climate change spell the end for tropic...
The 2015-16 El Niño briefly turned Amazon, African and In...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 05/11/2017
I installed some of the original dendrometers! Congrats Valentine et al #PLOSONE: Tree Circumference Dynamics dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01…
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Tree Circumference Dynamics in Four Forests Characterized...
Stem diameter is one of the most commonly measured attrib...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 16/10/2017
BBC News - Nasa carbon space observatory 'watches Earth breathe' www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environm…
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Nasa carbon space observatory 'watches Earth breathe'
A US space agency satellite provides new insights on how ...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 18/03/2017
We've measured approximately 6000 trees in Ghana over the last 8 weeks
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 18/03/2017
I've spent the last 5 months in West Africa visiting permanent forest plots
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/03/2016
February breaks global temperature records by 'shocking' amount gu.com/p/4hgn7/stw
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Domain Manage
Domain Manage
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 15/01/2016
Two cool tree papers in @nature nature.com/nature/journal/v529/n758… and @sciencemagazine science.sciencemag.org/content/351/… this week
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Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects ...
Data from millions of trees in thousands of locations are...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Kellner: Spatial extent or network and plot size important factor. #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Kellner: Residual carbon sink uncertainties, especially in tropics. Rainfor & Afritron networks say net sink. CTFS carbon source. #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Anderegg: Decreased growth is legacy effect of drought especially in southwest US. #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Anderegg: uncertainties in tree mortality from drought lie in intraspecific variation and recovery. #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Anderegg: every climate scenario apart from rcp 4.5 exceeds extreme tree mortality threshold #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 14/12/2015
Awesome student presentation by Eric Slessarev in first Macrosystems Ecology Session. Never thought soil pH was so cool #AGU15
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 04/12/2015
An awesome cartoon showing climate change science and policy before Paris: The fragile framework www.nature.com/news/the-fragile-fra…
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The fragile framework - Nature
A Nature comic examines the 25-year quest for a climate t...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 02/12/2015
Community conservation success! blog.nature.org/science/2015/11/30/…
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Good News for Elephants: How These Communities Reduced Po...
When communities become involved in conservation, does wi...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 01/10/2015
Large trees suffer most in drought - my research has been featured in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/big-…
scientificamerican.com
Big Trees First to Die in Severe Droughts
Large trees like sequoias and redwoods suffer most when i...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 28/09/2015
My first first-authored paper is out @NaturePlants Larger trees suffer most during #drought in forests worldwide nature.com/articles/nplants2015139
nature.com
Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldw...
The frequency of severe droughts is increasing in many re...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 22/09/2015
How Killing Elephants Finances Terror in Africa on.natgeo.com/1I5N2aO via @NatGeo
on.natgeo.com
How Killing Elephants Finances Terror in Africa
Armed groups help fund operations by smuggling elephant i...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 20/08/2015
Think of all the undiscovered science in these unexplored lands. #MyanmarClimb
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 12/08/2015
#hackingecology session yesterday was packed. Teach programming concepts not languages and encourage beginners #ESA100
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 29/05/2015
HISTORIC: China agrees to phase out its ivory industry to combat elephant poaching gu.com/p/49afy/stw
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Domain Manage
Domain Manage
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 02/02/2015
26 charts/maps that show the world is getting much, much better vox.com/2014/11/24/7272929/charts-t…
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23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, m...
These are bleak times — but a lot of things are improving.
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 17/11/2014
#dataviz is so fun! Popularity of dog breeds: SPOT THE CAT informationisbeautiful.net/visualiz… @infobeautiful
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 22/10/2014
This is so cool. See how earth has changed in your lifetime: bbc.com/earth/story/20141016-your-l…
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BBC Earth | Environment, Climate Change, AI, Food, Health...
As we face the world’s greatest environmental challenges,...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 25/09/2014
My first published paper just came online! Check out those figures and tables onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111…
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 24/06/2014
The UK brings Science and Technology - Which country does the most good for the planet? on.ted.com/b0GgM
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TED: Ideas change everything
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 11/06/2014
Together we did it! – Virunga safe from immediate oil threat - WWF UK www.wwf.org.uk/news_feed.cfm?7202#.…
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Updates
WWF updates
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 28/05/2014
A bear disturbed our morning meeting
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 26/05/2014
Rule No. 1 for Female Academics: Don’t Have a Baby www.slate.com/articles/double_x/dou… via @slate
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Rule No. 1 for Female Academics: Don’t Have a Baby
In 2000, I greeted the first entering graduate-student cl...
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 22/05/2014
Bear vs. Automatic dendroband. The evidence.
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Amy Bennett @amybenno.bsky.social · 07/05/2014
Department of Energy Cookies. Seriously.
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