The State of the UK's Oaks Webinar, Tuesday 17 March,2-3pm
Introducing panelist Kate Halstead, Climate Change Scientist, Forest Research. Kate's PhD investigated drivers of oak damage during Storm Arwen. She now specialises in wind risk and climate change research. Book now www.actionoak.org/news

New Blog! Action Oak supported research asks why some oak trees are more vulnerable to storm damage. @kateehalstead.bsky.social sky.social explains all, and why it is so important to do research of this kind.
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Thank you Chris - so pleased to have joined the team!

Identifying individual drivers of damage to oak during severe UK storms in winter 2021 There has been an increase in windstorm disturbance events in European forests over the past ∼50 years, exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. I…

I’m delighted to share that our new paper identifying drivers of storm damage has been published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology!

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Thank you Chris!

Thank you Tom!

Viva passed! Thrilled to have completed my PhD researching the effects of storm damage on oak trees!A huge thanks to @actionoak.bsky.social, @salvobonomo.bsky.social, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social and to my supervisors @rachelgaulton.bsky.social, Roy Sanderson, Andy Suggitt & @chrisquine.bsky.social!

Kate Halstead from Newcastle University presents "Saving the Oak Treescape from Storm Damage"

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Such a great day at Kew Gardens for the annual @actionoak.bsky.social partner event ‘Oak Health and Plant Biosecurity’!