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.

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.

➡️💻 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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A podcast all about drought (and cosmic rays 🙂)

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. 🌳🧪

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

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

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.

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

🚨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!
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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

🌿 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...

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.

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.

“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”

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Global distribution of forest landscapes covered by airborne LiDAR

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!

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...

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.

🌳🌲Today, we released an online survey seeking to collect the views and experiences of people managing mixed-species stands in the UK, as part of my new CFP project, EXPLORATION. Follow the link to find out more, and please share the survey link with your network.
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Testing our new equipment, which measures ecosystem water loss through evapotranspiration. #WaterNode #EXPLORATIONproject

📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢

🌳Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then check out our exciting new internships based at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, two of Britain’s leading research institutes!

Click on the link below to find out more!

#Internships

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

🌳 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-...

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...

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 🧪

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

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.

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
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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

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...

Replace "climate" with "global"?

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🍁

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

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

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New drought videos build knowledge of drought impacts and current research - Forest Research Drought, forests, research, climate change, water, temperature

Visit our website to learn more about our research on drought impacts. #drought #climatechange

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Homegrown seed that will kickstart a new breeding generation of British Douglas Fir trees - Forest Research

💡 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-...

Behind the Scenes at Forest Research's Taxonomy Lab: Insect Collections & Stories YouTube video by Forest Research

💙 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

How CCS became the fossil fuel industry’s favourite ‘escape hatch’ Oil and gas lobbyists have helped push carbon capture and storage into the heart of Europe’s climate plans.

Euronews: Carbon capture: The inside story of how a ‘delay tactic’ became a darling of the EU