Giulio Curioni

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
👉https://buff.ly/3PTQ6ze

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

#ForestResearch #ScienceLeadership #ChiefScientist #JobVacancy

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

www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/142122-...

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-...

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

💙 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

CR2025_29: Remote Sensing of Solar Induced Fluorescence in Forests at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2025_29: Remote Sensing of Solar Induced Fluorescence in Forests at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

A PhD opportunity to work with remote sensing data, carbon fluxes and forest data from Alice Holt, Hampshire, UK

It was a lively poster session today at the #BES2024 annual conference! In the next few months we'll have results from our dendrochronology study on past drought resilience of broadleaf tree species in England.

From mapping forest function and disturbances, exploring forest dynamics to mortality from drought, 2024 has seen several analyses we've been working on for years finally come out. Here's a quick summary of them, @julenastigarraga.bsky.social @n-acil.bsky.social @daijunliu.bsky.social

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I have a fern PhD opportunity in my group with the MIBTP DTP to study the evolution of epigenetic regulation in seed-based reproduction. If you know of anyone who is interested please do let them know. Deadline 16th January. Thank you!
#Plantscience
#PhD

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I also have an oak(!) PhD opportunity in my group via the CENTA DTP 😅. What drives oak's slow ageing, and can this be changed to allow fast breeding? If you know anyone who's interested please do let them know! Deadline 8th January. Thank you! 🙏
#Plantscience
#PhD

Hi science 🧪 folks. I am just sharing a feed that i’ve been working on in the past year.
It has 10K+ contributors, mostly scientist and researchers in different science disciplines, connected with the *climate* crisis.
Check it and: use it, like it, share it… if usable

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Today I was out in crispy (but sunny!) conditions to measure #soilrespiration at a Sitka spruce clearfell site as part of long-term monitoring of #GHG #fluxes in #forest plantations

Sunrays emanating from a corner of sky and the text We're hiring Associate Science Directors (x4)

🚨 Leadership Roles in Environmental Science! 🚨

We are hiring 4 x Associate Science Directors to lead key science areas:

Biodiversity & Land Use
Environmental Pressures & Response
Hydroclimate Extremes & Resilience
Surface Atmosphere Interactions & Effects

🌍Apply by 25 Nov with the links below 👇🏼

Exciting first post on BlueSky:

We have a PhD opportunity with Anna Gardner & me @BIFoRUoB in mangroves ecophysiology! 🌱 🌡️

Potential funding through @CENTA_NERC - see here: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

Climate change: Your questions answered Global News Podcast · Episode

A useful recap on #climatechange issues ahead of the #COP29 summit