Carly Reddington
@drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
Atmospheric scientist at University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social researching the impacts of air pollution and climate warming on human health. Regions of interest: tropical forests and the UK.
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1494/
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1494/
Pinned
🌍 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
Reposted by Carly Reddington
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 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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
Un mapa interactivo muestra que la deforestación eleva las temperaturas tropicales hasta en 5 °C. noticiasdelatierra.com/deforestacio...
🌳 Un mapa interactivo muestra cómo la deforestación eleva las temperaturas tropicales hasta en 5 °C 🌍🔥
La deforestación intensifica el calor y amenaza la biodiversidad tropical. #Deforestación #Clima #Amazonía #MedioAmbiente
noticiasdelatierra.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Un mapa interactivo muestra que la deforestación eleva las temperaturas tropicales hasta en 5 °C. noticiasdelatierra.com/deforestacio...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
What would a world without forests mean for you?
Join us at the UK Pavilion on 13 Nov to explore UK–Brazil climate science partnerships through CSSP Brazil & AmazonFACE.
Join us at the UK Pavilion on 13 Nov to explore UK–Brazil climate science partnerships through CSSP Brazil & AmazonFACE.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What would a world without forests mean for you?
Join us at the UK Pavilion on 13 Nov to explore UK–Brazil climate science partnerships through CSSP Brazil & AmazonFACE.
Join us at the UK Pavilion on 13 Nov to explore UK–Brazil climate science partnerships through CSSP Brazil & AmazonFACE.
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Our Air Quality Stripes (inspired by @edhawkins.org) show how air pollution has changed since 1850 around the world. (airqualitystripes.info)
@kirstypringle.bsky.social @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
@kirstypringle.bsky.social @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our Air Quality Stripes (inspired by @edhawkins.org) show how air pollution has changed since 1850 around the world. (airqualitystripes.info)
@kirstypringle.bsky.social @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
@kirstypringle.bsky.social @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
Reposted by Carly Reddington
A new map shows how tropical deforestation causes local climate warming. Highlights the important local benefits of preserving tropical forest @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
cemac.github.io/deforest-web...
cemac.github.io/deforest-web...
Local warming from tropical deforestation
Local warming from tropical deforestation web visualisation
cemac.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A new map shows how tropical deforestation causes local climate warming. Highlights the important local benefits of preserving tropical forest @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
cemac.github.io/deforest-web...
cemac.github.io/deforest-web...
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Northern Thailand faces yearly haze as maize fields are burned for animal feed production.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand
MAE CHAM/OMKOI, Thailand — Rain lashed down in the northern Thai village of Nong Krating as Sawattiphon Wongkasettakon described the worsening air pollution that sweeps in through the mountains here…
news.mongabay.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Northern Thailand faces yearly haze as maize fields are burned for animal feed production.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Crackdowns haven’t worked — struggling farmers keep burning as yields fall and debts grow.
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
Reposted by Carly Reddington
In three days, #COP30 starts in #Belém, Brazil, let’s remember that climate action isn’t just about climate - it’s also a good way to clean the air we breathe.
Many of the steps we take to tackle #climatechange can also bring immediate air-quality benefits.
Many of the steps we take to tackle #climatechange can also bring immediate air-quality benefits.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In three days, #COP30 starts in #Belém, Brazil, let’s remember that climate action isn’t just about climate - it’s also a good way to clean the air we breathe.
Many of the steps we take to tackle #climatechange can also bring immediate air-quality benefits.
Many of the steps we take to tackle #climatechange can also bring immediate air-quality benefits.
🌍 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
Reposted by Carly Reddington
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...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
"Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
- Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at #COP30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at #COP30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
- Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at #COP30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at #COP30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst #airpollution, analysis finds
- Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds
Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst #airpollution, analysis finds
- Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🚨New paper! Estimates of #wildfire pollutant concentrations, population exposure & #health impacts are sensitive to the spatial resolution of #AirQuality models ➡️ Important implications for modelling future wildfire risk under #ClimateChange 🔥😷 @ailishgraham.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨New paper! Estimates of #wildfire pollutant concentrations, population exposure & #health impacts are sensitive to the spatial resolution of #AirQuality models ➡️ Important implications for modelling future wildfire risk under #ClimateChange 🔥😷 @ailishgraham.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
‼️ Next AGU GeoHealth Quarterly Seminar will feature Professor Lisa Patel and Professor @minghaoqiu.bsky.social
🔥 Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🌍
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔥 Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🌍
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
‼️ Next AGU GeoHealth Quarterly Seminar will feature Professor Lisa Patel and Professor @minghaoqiu.bsky.social
🔥 Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🌍
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔥 Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing Climate 🌍
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1 -2 pm EST
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where hundreds of mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition.
Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands
Lawmakers in Brazil can scrap a 30-year-old protection to meet global demand for gold and other minerals.
news.mongabay.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where hundreds of mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition.
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Green Space, Young People & Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation & Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions
This PhD with Susanne Lorenz and @catzigle.bsky.social will explore urban green infrastructure for wellbeing, climate change adaptation & biodiversity
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/gre...
This PhD with Susanne Lorenz and @catzigle.bsky.social will explore urban green infrastructure for wellbeing, climate change adaptation & biodiversity
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/gre...
Green Space, Young People, and Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation and Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
This PhD project explores how urban green infrastructure—like tree planting and green corridors—can support the development of inclusive biodiverse, and climate-resilient urban environments, through p...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Green Space, Young People & Climate Justice: Enhancing Access, Adaptation & Wellbeing through Nature-Based Solutions
This PhD with Susanne Lorenz and @catzigle.bsky.social will explore urban green infrastructure for wellbeing, climate change adaptation & biodiversity
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/gre...
This PhD with Susanne Lorenz and @catzigle.bsky.social will explore urban green infrastructure for wellbeing, climate change adaptation & biodiversity
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/gre...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change
Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...
Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...
Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change – Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change
Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...
Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?
unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
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 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Understanding the development of Amazonian peatlands
Join @kofitim.bsky.social for this exciting PhD project exploring Amazonian peatlands
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/und...
Join @kofitim.bsky.social for this exciting PhD project exploring Amazonian peatlands
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/und...
Understanding the development of Amazonian peatlands - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
The Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin (PMFB) in northern Peru comprises the largest peatland complex in Amazonia, storing 5.4 Pg C, harbouring unique biodiversity and supporting livelihoods of indigenous...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Understanding the development of Amazonian peatlands
Join @kofitim.bsky.social for this exciting PhD project exploring Amazonian peatlands
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/und...
Join @kofitim.bsky.social for this exciting PhD project exploring Amazonian peatlands
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/und...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Quantifying deforestation-induced climate risks to human wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa
This PhD project will be supervised by @jesstreebaker.bsky.social, @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, and David Williams
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/qua...
This PhD project will be supervised by @jesstreebaker.bsky.social, @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, and David Williams
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/qua...
Quantifying deforestation-induced climate risks to human wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Human wellbeing fundamentally depends on a liveable climate and access to safe and nutritious food. However, these two goals may increasing be in conflict: economic and demographic shifts are driving ...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Quantifying deforestation-induced climate risks to human wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa
This PhD project will be supervised by @jesstreebaker.bsky.social, @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, and David Williams
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/qua...
This PhD project will be supervised by @jesstreebaker.bsky.social, @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social, and David Williams
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/qua...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.
UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.
🚨 New paper in #ERL led by Bianca van Bavel presenting the (Co)Benefits Portal - a decision-support tool that synthesises evidence on health, ecosystem, economic, energy, and socio-cultural impacts of climate mitigation & adaptation actions.
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New paper in #ERL led by Bianca van Bavel presenting the (Co)Benefits Portal - a decision-support tool that synthesises evidence on health, ecosystem, economic, energy, and socio-cultural impacts of climate mitigation & adaptation actions.
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Reposted by Carly Reddington
Priestley member Professor Oliver Phillips and University of Leeds lecturer Professor Timothy Baker have co-authored research that has found the biggest trees in the Amazon are growing larger and more numerous due to climate change.
Study shows big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed
Study shows big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed
But while Amazon rainforest is a key ally in struggle to stabilise the climate, it remains under threat from fires and deforestation
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Priestley member Professor Oliver Phillips and University of Leeds lecturer Professor Timothy Baker have co-authored research that has found the biggest trees in the Amazon are growing larger and more numerous due to climate change.
Forest clearing in South-east Asia [is associated with] more heat-related deaths than in other tropical places 🌳🌡️
🔗https://str.sg/KXHH
🔗https://str.sg/KXHH
Forest clearing in South-east Asia causes more heat-related deaths than in other tropical places
Each year, 15,680 rural residents die of heat-related complications worsened by deforestation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
str.sg
October 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Forest clearing in South-east Asia [is associated with] more heat-related deaths than in other tropical places 🌳🌡️
🔗https://str.sg/KXHH
🔗https://str.sg/KXHH