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Cat Scott
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Associate Professor of Biosphere-Climate Interactions at University of Leeds; Director @leedsleaf.bsky.social; working on the interactions between trees and climate 🌳 (she/her)

https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1529/dr-cat-scott
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leedsleaf.bsky.social
A new study from @ellesmith.bsky.social highlights consistently low levels of access to trees and greenspaces across English cities. Read more about it here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/english... .🌐🌍🧪
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
catzigle.bsky.social
Very pleased to share the first paper from @lemonyue.bsky.social's PhD project! Yue used #UKESM to explore the climate impact of recent aerosol emission reductions in #China 🏭💻🌏
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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leedsleaf.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!
Volunteers in wet weather gear, planting seedlings under a vivid rainbow
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
Seedling growing in the forest
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
catzigle.bsky.social
Applications now open! 💻
catzigle.bsky.social Cat Scott @catzigle.bsky.social · Oct 21
📢 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
leedsleaf.bsky.social Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 16
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...
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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quantum-sauce.bsky.social
🎄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! 🍻
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
🌍 New Toolkit Alert!
 Tropical #deforestation is heating up local climates - with serious risks for #health, agriculture, and climate resilience 🌳🌡️
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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priestleycentre.bsky.social
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
Ahead of COP30, online map shows deforestation is linked to tropical temperature rises - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map created by researchers at the University of Leeds. The onli...
climate.leeds.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
catzigle.bsky.social
📢 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
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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leedsleaf.bsky.social
Fancy doing a PhTree?

Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
catzigle.bsky.social
New study from @treeswithhazel.bsky.social! Increasing UK woodland area from 13% to 19% will likely increase biogenic emissions but by avoiding exclusive planting of the very highest emitters, we can ensure that new woodlands deliver for climate + nature, whilst minimising impacts on air quality ⬇️
leedsleaf.bsky.social Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · Oct 9
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...
A graph of percentage change in BVOC emissions following afforestation, relative to present day land cover. The X axis shows percentage change in isoprene and the Y axis shows percentage change in total monoterpene. Five Afforestation experiments are plotted, as well as the present day UK tree species mix which is shown at 0 by 0 in the bottom left of the graph. Further key details are explored in the main text of this article.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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treeswithhazel.bsky.social
I’m really excited to say the first paper of my PhD has been published in Biogeociences today!

The paper examines the impact of net-zero aligned afforestation in the UK on biogenic emissions. 🌳 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Future forests: estimating biogenic emissions from net-zero aligned afforestation pathways in the UK
Abstract. Woodlands sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which could help mitigate climate change. As part of efforts to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, the UK's Cli...
bg.copernicus.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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domspracklen.bsky.social
The Amazon forest plays a critical role in the water cycle. A new study shows recent deforestation has caused reduced dry season rainfall across the southern Amazon. New story from @mongabay.com

news.mongabay.com/2025/09/more...
More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds
In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been expanding since the 1970s, forest loss is reshaping the region’s atmospheric water cycle. As the Amazon Rainf...
news.mongabay.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
catzigle.bsky.social
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 🌳🦋🐦
A sign in the foreground indicates that Ingleborough National Nature Reserve became part of the King's Series of NNRs in September 2025. The peak of Ingleborough mountain is visible in the background.
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Ingleborough just got wilder! 🌿 Now the size of 2.2 billion Yorkshire Tea bags—brewing a brighter future for nature!

www.gov.uk/government/news/yorkshires-natural-beauty-recognised-as-ingleborough-nnr-expands

#WildIngleborough #NNR
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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domspracklen.bsky.social
Ingleborough National Nature Reserve expanded - great news for the UK's best limestone habitats and wildlife. Research and monitoring by
@universityofleeds.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ingleborough National Nature Reserve to be extended
The extension will offer greater protection to the rare species found in the Dales upland landscape.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
Dr Carly Reddington and Professor Dominick Spracklen (both Earth and Environment) co-authored a study showing that deforestation-induced heat has caused over 500,000 deaths in the tropics over the past 20 years.
Why deforestation is causing heat deaths to soar
Forest loss in tropical regions is causing temperatures to rise, with serious health impacts for indigenous communities
www.scidev.net
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
🌍 Our new study in @natclimate.nature.com shows tropical #deforestation may cause ~28,000 heat-related deaths/year.
🌳🌡️💻🛰️ Using satellite data & mortality models we quantified the impact of deforestation-driven local warming on human health in the tropics.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🔗 rdcu.be/eEUbI
Deforestation in a SE Asian tropical forest. Photo credit: Carly Reddington
September 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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domspracklen.bsky.social
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...
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...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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domspracklen.bsky.social
Tropical deforestation is a major public health issue. New study led by @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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stopfundingheat.bsky.social
So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.

And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...

This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Screenshot of form on the UK Met Office website. Text reads: "You can provide up to 5 storm names in the boxes below. Storm Name: [a user has filled this in with "BigOil"] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with BP] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Equinor] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Exxon] Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Shell]
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
catzigle.bsky.social
With millions of pounds being invested in woodland creation every year across the UK, we need to ensure that trees planted really do turn into woodlands established 🌱➡️🌳
A brimstone butterfly flies towards a young tree planted at Gair Wood. The leaves of the tree are emerging from it's protective tree guard.
June 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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leedsleaf.bsky.social
"My motivation kind of grew with the trees"

Volunteers at our #GairWood research and woodland creation site contributed to this new document on the experiences and motivations for volunteering in British woodlands, created by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
In Brief: 'My motivation kind of grew with the trees' – experiences of woodland volunteers in Great Britain - Forest Research
This In Brief explores experiences of woodland volunteers in Great Britain, showing how people might be supported to volunteer.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk
May 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM