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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 7h

An opportunity to work with the climate change research group at Forest Research on a peatland restoration project. GHG fluxes and hydrology. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Do you participate in nature-related citizen science – or would you like to?📱Take part in our survey: ow.ly/bIee50ZHB6o 🔗 More information: ow.ly/EqKX50ZHB6s #CitizenScience #ForestResearch

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today we had the University of Edinburgh flying thermal, LiDAR and hyperspectral drones over our drought adaptation tree experiment. Really exciting to watch, and keen to see the high-resolution data! 🌳🧪

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This week, tree, soil and weather measurements continued at our mixed-species EXPLORATION experimental site in Northumberland during an ongoing heatwave. A stark contrast to the rain two weeks ago! 🌳🧪

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We installed a mix of soil moisture and sap flow sensors, a full weather station and an evapotranspiration sensor. We will also conduct surveys during the summer and collect additional data from the trees

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This week, we installed sensors at our EXPLORATION experimental site to monitor soil water dynamics across newly planted tree species mixtures. It’s going to be a busy summer! 🧪🌳

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

➡️💻 Join our upcoming webinar to hear the latest research on drought impacts in UK forestry, including new drought risk indices and decision-support tools designed to help assess tree species suitability under future climates. 🔗 Registration: ow.ly/eYpz50Yv90M #ForestResearch #Drought #Webinar

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Webinar: Understanding drought risk for UK woodland creation and forestry - Forest Research

Hear about new research on how rising drought risk is reshaping UK forestry and the tools being developed to support climate‑smart woodland creation.

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Yesterday (despite the miserable weather!) we installed a LICOR evapotranspiration sensor and a new anemometer on our eddy covariance system monitoring a young Sitka spruce stand. The data will allow us to compare the sensors in preparation for future forest research projects. 🌳🧪

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

You won't want to miss this! Keep your calendars free and hopefully see you in Switzerland in October 🌳🍁🌐🧪

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Centre for Forest Protection @forest-protection.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Our EXPLORATION project aims to generate a clearer understanding of how mixed‑species stands in newly established forests respond to drought 🌳 In November, stakeholders helped shape the next phase of this project in a workshop hosted by @drgeorgexenakis.bsky.social 🤝 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/dfYbx

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Only nine conifer species make up almost all UK commercial forests. Sitka spruce accounts for over half of all timber harvested. To boost resilience to climate change, Forest Research and partners (Forestry and Land Scotland & Forestry England) planted 17 emerging species over 9 large trial sites.

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

New study from BIFoR FACE! "Elevated CO2 Increases the Canopy Temperature of Mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)"

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Alice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🌿 New PhD position 🌿 Looking at the effects of experimental warming and elevated CO2 on leaf thermoregulation and ecophysiology at the 3 FACE experiments in UK, Brazil and Australia! 🌡️ Start in March 2026 - deadline to apply December 15th: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Leaf Thermoregulation and Carbon Dynamics in Forests Under Elevated CO₂ and Warming at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Leaf Thermoregulation and Carbon Dynamics in Forests Under Elevated CO₂ and Warming at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/09/2025

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 · 20/09/2025

“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” news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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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 · 05/09/2025

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 · 02/08/2025

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 · 25/07/2025

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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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🌳 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-...

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

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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 🧪

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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 · 20/03/2025

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 · 19/03/2025

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 · 11/03/2025

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...

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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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Tom Ovenden @woodecology.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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🍁

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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

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Current Opportunities - Forest Research

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

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

💡 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-...

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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 · 18/12/2024

💙 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

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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 · 11/12/2024

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 · 03/12/2024

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 · 25/11/2024

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... 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

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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

centa.ac.uk/studentship/... 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

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

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Vladimir Neskovic Kesma @kesma.wtf · 28/11/2024

Hi science 🧪 folks. I am just sharing a feed that i’ve been working on in the past year. It has 10K+ contributors, mostly scientist and researchers in different science disciplines, connected with the *climate* crisis. Check it and: use it, like it, share it… if usable bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Today I was out in crispy (but sunny!) conditions to measure #soilrespiration at a Sitka spruce clearfell site as part of long-term monitoring of #GHG #fluxes in #forest plantations

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

🚨 Leadership Roles in Environmental Science! 🚨 We are hiring 4 x Associate Science Directors to lead key science areas: Biodiversity & Land Use Environmental Pressures & Response Hydroclimate Extremes & Resilience Surface Atmosphere Interactions & Effects 🌍Apply by 25 Nov with the links below 👇🏼

Sunrays emanating from a corner of sky and the text We're hiring Associate Science Directors (x4)

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Alice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Exciting first post on BlueSky: We have a PhD opportunity with Anna Gardner & me @BIFoRUoB in mangroves ecophysiology! 🌱 🌡️ Potential funding through @CENTA_NERC - see here: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

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2025-B34 Mangroves in a changing climate: impacts of elevated carbon dioxide and rising temperatures on mangroves’ carbon and water dynamics – CENTA

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Missed the latest #C3S Climate Bulletin? Read our summary article about 🌡️ 2024 set to end up as the warmest year on record 💧 extreme rainfall lead to severe flooding in Europe ❄️ Antarctic sea ice extent continues near record low 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/year-2024-se...

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I'm not American but this applies generally. Leaders should always base their choices on evidence.

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Hey there! Can you please add me to this feed? I currently work on a dendroecology project on forest resilience to droughts and I worked in geosciences in my previous life! www.researchgate.net/profile/Giul...

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Giulio Curioni @giuliocurioni.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Hi there! I changed various disciplines but keen to join this feed, I currently work on a dendroecology project... www.researchgate.net/profile/Giul...

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