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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]

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...

To sign up, or register to receive information about future related events, please fill in the form below and we'll be in touch with more information: tinyurl.com/woodestablishment

The workshop will include a site tour of Gair Wood leaf.leeds.ac.uk/gairwood/, some short talks from speakers giving an overview of woodland creation and the challenges to establishment in the region, and a discussion session to identify future challenges and priorities.

The session on 14th July is open to anyone with a professional interest in woodland creation in the north of England - with a particular focus on stakeholders and forest practitioners in the @whiteroseforest.bsky.social area (West and North Yorkshire).

To kick this off @leedsleaf.bsky.social + @whiteroseforest.bsky.social are hosting a free workshop on 14th July at #GairWood in Leeds to discuss progress with, and challenges to, successful woodland establishment: tinyurl.com/woodestablishment

Newly planted trees face many challenges including drought 🌡️, browsing by wild animals 🦌, competing vegetation 🌿, and vandalism 🚓. We're hoping to initiate a network to share strategies, outcomes, and best practice across our region.

A brimstone butterfly flies towards a young tree planted at Gair Wood. The leaves of the tree are emerging from it's protective tree guard.

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 🌱➡️🌳

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.

"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

Please share our #rewilding survey with ecologists, land manager and archeologists.

A student ambassador engaging in conversation with four people on campus. The student ambassador holds leaflets and is gesturing with their hands. Trees and the university's multi-storey car park can be seen in the background.

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 👇
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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

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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

Last couple of days to apply for this exciting new role with us! Please share!

One week left to apply for our new Nature Recovery Project Manager role, based in @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social - see below for more details:

2025: setting all the worst records 🔥

At #EGU25 this week and interested in the wider impacts of afforestation? Check out @treeswithhazel.bsky.social's talk on potential BVOC emissions from expanded UK forests in session BG3.2 today! 🌲🌳🧪💻

I’m at #EGU25. Come along to my talk on Wednesday in Biogeosciences session BG3.2 land use and land cover change to hear about afforestation in the UK and future emissions of BVOCs 🌳

More info here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Good morning #EGU25! For anyone interested in #tropical #deforestation and/or #climate & heat-related #health impacts - come to (the very hard to find!) PICO Spot 2 for the morning session (it's in the purple hall X2, downstairs 😄) 🌴🌳🥵🌡️

Restoring the Temperate Rainforest at Hardknott Join Angus Walsh (Cumbria Woodlands rainforest lead) and John Hodgson (Project Officer for Restoring Hardknott Forest) for a walk to discover...

Cumbria Woodlands are running a great, free event at Hardknott Forest. Learn more about temperate #rainforests and how we're creating more of it. @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Nature Recovery Project Manager Nature Recovery Project ManagerSalary: Grade 7 (£39,355 – £46,735  p.a. depending on experience)This role will be based in the School of Earth and Environment, with scope for it to be undertaken in a ...

With a passion for nature and an ambition to accelerate nature recovery in the UK, you will build partnerships to deliver this range of complex projects and help secure funding for new landscape-scale restoration across Northern England. Closing date 14/05/25: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Alongside delivery of the projects, University of Leeds staff and students are actively monitoring the ecological, environmental and social impacts of restoration across these sites, with a view to informing policy and practice: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/sheep-r...

Our current project partners include @nationaltrust.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @whiteroseforest.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk and many more not on Bluesky

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Nature Recovery Project Manager Nature Recovery Project ManagerSalary: Grade 7 (£39,355 – £46,735  p.a. depending on experience)This role will be based in the School of Earth and Environment, with scope for it to be undertaken in a ...

We're hiring for a Nature Recovery Project Manager to work with a diverse range of partners to deliver community-led and evidence-based nature recovery across Northern England: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

An open moorland with freshly planted tree whips and two people in the distance

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...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Associate Are you an experienced Research Associate in a field of study relevant to urban nature who is available for a fixed term contract to assist in an international research project on nature and mental we...

Come & work on a project with me! Fab #postdoc role at University of Kent on @greenme-project.bsky.social , collaborating with Mike Hardman, Penny Cook and myself at University of Salford, & 6 other countries!

Nature, wellbeing, GIS, surveys!

Deadline 3rd April!
jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

It's #InternationalDayOfForests! If you want all our latest forest science in one place, make sure to follow @leedsleaf.bsky.social 🌳

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you a quantitative environment...

We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Carbon Storage @universityofleeds.bsky.social! You'll be part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social project, mapping above + below-ground C stocks in European forests 🛰️🌳💻🌲 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @leedsleaf.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social

Check out @jesstreebaker.bsky.social and the team's latest review of climate benefits from Amazon secondary tropical forests! 🌳🧪🌎🌐