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Survey for managers of mixed-species stands to contribute to research into drought resilience - Forest Research Practitioners who have experience of planting, managing or overseeing a tree species mixture needed to take part in survey, contributing to research into drought resilience.

🌳🌲If you have experience in growing mixed-species stands, please complete our survey to inform new mixed-species trials and improve our understanding of drought resilience.

Survey link: ow.ly/LpP350WtPMk

Project info: ow.ly/1Yth50WtPMn

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📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT📢

🌳 Can planting mixed-species forests boost resilience to drought?

🔬 Our scientists are testing which species combinations thrive best under stress.

🔗 Read more: forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2... and take part by completing the survey below 👇

🌳🌲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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📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

🌳 Are we planting the right trees for tomorrow’s climate?

🔬 Using genomics & tree rings, our scientists aim to predict which genotypes will thrive, and where, to build resilient forests in the UK.

🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...

This week, Dr Gail Atkinson, Head of Climate Science spoke to the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, about how our trees, woodlands and forests are being impacted by climate change

Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/head-of...

#ClimateChange #ForestResearch @forestrycommission.bsky.social

We will deploy this at a newly planted area with mixed species trees. We also aim to deploy a similar set-up at our young spruce flux site to compare with classic eddy covariance.

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

Can mixed-species forests boost drought resilience? Our EXPLORATION project, funded by DEFRA via the Centre for Forest Protection, is finding out. Learn more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
#ForestResilience #DroughtAdaptation #MixedSpeciesForests #ForestResearch #EXPLORATIONproject

We are re recruiting for a Scientist at Climate Change Research Group
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The project seeks to raise awareness and understanding of forest environmental data and how they relate to climate change. The data are transmitted to the cloud and they will be soon interpreted into music.

The installation is part of a small network of prototype devices used for our project, Sensing the Forest, a collaboration between Queen Mary University London, De Montfort University Leicester and Forest Research, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Today we installed an IoT device at NRS which monitors tree stem's shrinkage and expansion in response to its environment.

Excited to lead EXPLORATION, a new 3-year project funded by the Centre for Forest Protection & DEFRA, with UoE and INRAE. We’ll study how mixed species planting can boost drought resilience in forests. More here: gov.uk & forestprotection.uk

NCEA: Forest Research’s major programme to measure England’s natural capital - Forest Research Forest Research is leading Defra’s NCEA programme, measuring, mapping and assessing England’s ecosystems and natural capital to inform environmental policy and sustainability.

Interested in finding out more about our NCEA Programme? Here is a link to an interview I gave recently explaining all about our range of NCEA projects...
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/143349-...

Great job, great colleagues, great range of science with which to engage! Thoroughly recommended!

Weirdly enough I still do - mainly because all my analysis scripts still have the name clear-fell 😁

It is. In this final year of SIS we should know if we are investing more on this site or moving somewhere else.

Fieldwork today. The Spruce trees are growing well, but there were some damaged needles, most likely caused by recent frost.

Cloudy day over Harwood Forest

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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Hello. I am a scientist at Forest Research. My area of research is the impact of drought on tree physiology and the monitoring of greenhouse gases.