Cat Scott
@catzigle.bsky.social
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
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1529/dr-cat-scott
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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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🌍 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
🔗 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
🌍 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
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
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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...
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
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...
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
📢 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 ...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
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
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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! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
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 ⬇️
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 4:22 PM
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 ⬇️
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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...
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
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...
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...
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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/...
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
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/...
The paper examines the impact of net-zero aligned afforestation in the UK on biogenic emissions. 🌳 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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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...
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
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...
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/more...
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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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
www.gov.uk/government/news/yorkshires-natural-beauty-recognised-as-ingleborough-nnr-expands
#WildIngleborough #NNR
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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
www.gov.uk/government/news/yorkshires-natural-beauty-recognised-as-ingleborough-nnr-expands
#WildIngleborough #NNR
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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...
@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
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...
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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
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.
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🌍 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
🌳🌡️💻🛰️ 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
September 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🌍 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
🌳🌡️💻🛰️ 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
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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...
www.nature.com
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...
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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/...
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
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/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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...
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]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqz5lt666gxyaxsw3kvswdfs/bafkreifqikwow4ascrvzme7x5rxb7sxha5rrmcgbj3qe5chgn7qu3vopiy@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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...
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...
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 🌱➡️🌳
June 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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 🌱➡️🌳
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"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
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
"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
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
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Please share our #rewilding survey with ecologists, land manager and archeologists.
Are you interested in re-wilding? We have a questionnaire on re-wilding and the historic environment open, and keen to hear from ecologists, land managers, and archaeological practitioners. Access the questionnaire here - uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
uofg.qualtrics.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Please share our #rewilding survey with ecologists, land manager and archeologists.
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Thinking about studying at Leeds?
Join us for our Open Day on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June to:
🎓 Find out more about your course
💬 Speak to staff and students
🏛️ Get a feel for campus life
Book your place 👇
bit.ly/43crDNj
Join us for our Open Day on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June to:
🎓 Find out more about your course
💬 Speak to staff and students
🏛️ Get a feel for campus life
Book your place 👇
bit.ly/43crDNj
May 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Thinking about studying at Leeds?
Join us for our Open Day on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June to:
🎓 Find out more about your course
💬 Speak to staff and students
🏛️ Get a feel for campus life
Book your place 👇
bit.ly/43crDNj
Join us for our Open Day on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June to:
🎓 Find out more about your course
💬 Speak to staff and students
🏛️ Get a feel for campus life
Book your place 👇
bit.ly/43crDNj
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
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🌳🌲🐾 #SafeNet is officially launched!
We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.
Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch
@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek
We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.
Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch
@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek
May 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🌳🌲🐾 #SafeNet is officially launched!
We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.
Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch
@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek
We are working to #safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest #networks across Europe.
Meet the project, explore the science, and see how we are collaborating for resilient forests:
🔗 safenet-project.eu
🔗 bit.ly/SafeNet-Launch
@luke.fi
#BiodiversityWeek
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Last couple of days to apply for this exciting new role with us! Please share!
Job opportunity: we're advertising for a Nature Recovery Project Manager. This vital new role will help us to coordinate the creation, restoration, and research of woodlands across the north of England, as well as maintaining and building key partnerships.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
May 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last couple of days to apply for this exciting new role with us! Please share!