Cat Scott
@catzigle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biosphere-Climate Interactions at University of Leeds; Director @leedsleaf.bsky.social; working on the interactions between trees and climate 🌳 (she/her)
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1529/dr-cat-scott
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1529/dr-cat-scott
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We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)!
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
September 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)!
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
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Looking to get outside in Leeds and enjoy some nature?
Check out the new Greenery Trail @treeswithhazel.bsky.social created for #CampusReimagined at University of Leeds!
leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-g...
Check out the new Greenery Trail @treeswithhazel.bsky.social created for #CampusReimagined at University of Leeds!
leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-g...
July 24, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Looking to get outside in Leeds and enjoy some nature?
Check out the new Greenery Trail @treeswithhazel.bsky.social created for #CampusReimagined at University of Leeds!
leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-g...
Check out the new Greenery Trail @treeswithhazel.bsky.social created for #CampusReimagined at University of Leeds!
leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-g...
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The *Air Quality Stripes* are in Vienna for #EGU26! Come to here more about the project this morning: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-...
And check out the stripes here: airqualitystripes.info
@jimmcquaid.bsky.social @kirstypringle.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
And check out the stripes here: airqualitystripes.info
@jimmcquaid.bsky.social @kirstypringle.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
May 5, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The *Air Quality Stripes* are in Vienna for #EGU26! Come to here more about the project this morning: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-...
And check out the stripes here: airqualitystripes.info
@jimmcquaid.bsky.social @kirstypringle.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
And check out the stripes here: airqualitystripes.info
@jimmcquaid.bsky.social @kirstypringle.bsky.social @sturnock.bsky.social
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Ben Bradley’s poster bringing in the crowds at #EGU26! Interested in #fire emissions?! Come check it out meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-...
May 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Ben Bradley’s poster bringing in the crowds at #EGU26! Interested in #fire emissions?! Come check it out meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-...
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Exciting news! We've opened a new path at the woodland we planted in 2023 🎉
As the trees grow, we're studying the way that woodland ecosystems, biochemisty, soils, acoustic environments etc. develop. Plus, more established trees means more resilience to disturbance, so more public access! 🌳💚
As the trees grow, we're studying the way that woodland ecosystems, biochemisty, soils, acoustic environments etc. develop. Plus, more established trees means more resilience to disturbance, so more public access! 🌳💚
A new public footpath has opened at Gair Wood in North Leeds, connecting with two popular routes, helping visitors avoid walking alongside busy roads 🌳👣
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
April 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Exciting news! We've opened a new path at the woodland we planted in 2023 🎉
As the trees grow, we're studying the way that woodland ecosystems, biochemisty, soils, acoustic environments etc. develop. Plus, more established trees means more resilience to disturbance, so more public access! 🌳💚
As the trees grow, we're studying the way that woodland ecosystems, biochemisty, soils, acoustic environments etc. develop. Plus, more established trees means more resilience to disturbance, so more public access! 🌳💚
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Our research woodland has just opened a new public pathway! We're excited to open this first new path along the edge of our growing woodland, as well as adding a new sign to help visitors understand some of the research we're doing at #GairWood 🧪🌍🌳
A new public footpath has opened at Gair Wood in North Leeds, connecting with two popular routes, helping visitors avoid walking alongside busy roads 🌳👣
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
April 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Our research woodland has just opened a new public pathway! We're excited to open this first new path along the edge of our growing woodland, as well as adding a new sign to help visitors understand some of the research we're doing at #GairWood 🧪🌍🌳
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A new public footpath has opened at Gair Wood in North Leeds, connecting with two popular routes, helping visitors avoid walking alongside busy roads 🌳👣
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
April 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
A new public footpath has opened at Gair Wood in North Leeds, connecting with two popular routes, helping visitors avoid walking alongside busy roads 🌳👣
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.
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🌳Free Webinar Alert!🌳 We're excited to join the Improving Access To Trees webinar next week (April 22nd) from White Rose Forest x Green Streets, where @ellesmith.bsky.social, will present recent findings and upcoming research. 🧪🌍🌐 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/white-rose...
White Rose Forest x Green Streets® webinar: Improving access to trees
Explore new research on urban tree access and help shape future 3-30-300 tree‑planting maps for Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and York.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🌳Free Webinar Alert!🌳 We're excited to join the Improving Access To Trees webinar next week (April 22nd) from White Rose Forest x Green Streets, where @ellesmith.bsky.social, will present recent findings and upcoming research. 🧪🌍🌐 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/white-rose...
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The University of Leeds and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) are currently hosting an international Workshop on forest fires, smoke and air quality in Brazil! More info here:
International workshop on forest fires, smoke and air quality in Brazil | Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere & Forest (LEAF) Centre
leaf.leeds.ac.uk
March 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The University of Leeds and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) are currently hosting an international Workshop on forest fires, smoke and air quality in Brazil! More info here:
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The Research summary posted today in The Applied Ecologist! appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/02/19/p... @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social
#woodlandcreation #woodlandtrust #naturerecovery #soilcarbon
#woodlandcreation #woodlandtrust #naturerecovery #soilcarbon
Planting Trees to Avoid Losing Soil Carbon: Insights from Snaizeholme Valley, Yorkshire Dales
Darvill et al. share their experience investigating soil organic carbon stocks in a new native woodland in the Yorkshire Dales, UK, highlighting the importance of careful woodland design. Targeting…
appliedecologistsblog.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The Research summary posted today in The Applied Ecologist! appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/02/19/p... @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social
#woodlandcreation #woodlandtrust #naturerecovery #soilcarbon
#woodlandcreation #woodlandtrust #naturerecovery #soilcarbon
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(1/4) Our new study in @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social shows that well designed upland #woodlandcreation can avoid high #soilcarbon soils, a key aim of the #WoodlandTrust woodland creation guide principles and UKFS guidance. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688...
Woodland creation scheme in the Yorkshire Dales successfully focuses tree planting on soils with lower soil organic carbon stocks
Careful woodland design can avoid planting on high-carbon soils. In the Yorkshire Dales, tree planting targeted lower SOC areas, showing new guidelines and standards help protect soil carbon in uplan....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
(1/4) Our new study in @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social shows that well designed upland #woodlandcreation can avoid high #soilcarbon soils, a key aim of the #WoodlandTrust woodland creation guide principles and UKFS guidance. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688...
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If you fancy a bit of non-native tree removal, tree & wildflower planting, or tree tube removal use the link below to book onto a day. Or get in touch for more info: [email protected]
@naturalengland.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@naturalengland.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
If you fancy a bit of non-native tree removal, tree & wildflower planting, or tree tube removal use the link below to book onto a day. Or get in touch for more info: [email protected]
@naturalengland.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@naturalengland.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social
bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
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This week we're excitedly preparing for LEAF Day 2026 - our one day annual meeting for folks interested in trees and woodlands!
If you're based at the Uni of Leeds, are free on Friday, and that sounds like you, then check out the programme and register at leaf.leeds.ac.uk/events/leaf-...
If you're based at the Uni of Leeds, are free on Friday, and that sounds like you, then check out the programme and register at leaf.leeds.ac.uk/events/leaf-...
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
This week we're excitedly preparing for LEAF Day 2026 - our one day annual meeting for folks interested in trees and woodlands!
If you're based at the Uni of Leeds, are free on Friday, and that sounds like you, then check out the programme and register at leaf.leeds.ac.uk/events/leaf-...
If you're based at the Uni of Leeds, are free on Friday, and that sounds like you, then check out the programme and register at leaf.leeds.ac.uk/events/leaf-...
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A new study from @ellesmith.bsky.social highlights consistently low levels of access to trees and greenspaces across English cities. Read more about it here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/english... .🌐🌍🧪
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A new study from @ellesmith.bsky.social highlights consistently low levels of access to trees and greenspaces across English cities. Read more about it here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/english... .🌐🌍🧪
Very pleased to share the first paper from @lemonyue.bsky.social's PhD project! Yue used #UKESM to explore the climate impact of recent aerosol emission reductions in #China 🏭💻🌏
Excited to share our new paper: ‘Radiative Response to Large Decline in Anthropogenic Emissions From China Between 2008 and 2016 Is Modified by Simultaneous Biomass Burning Emission Changes’🎉
find out more here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
find out more here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Radiative Response to Large Decline in Anthropogenic Emissions From China Between 2008 and 2016 Is Modified by Simultaneous Biomass Burning Emission Changes
Between 2008 and 2016, the global radiative forcing due to SO2 emissions from China and the rest of the world was approximately equal Radiative forcing from biomass burning emission changes offse...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Very pleased to share the first paper from @lemonyue.bsky.social's PhD project! Yue used #UKESM to explore the climate impact of recent aerosol emission reductions in #China 🏭💻🌏
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This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
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University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
Applications now open! 💻
📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Applications now open! 💻
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🎄Is your #Christmas tree talking to you - and if it was, would you want to know?!
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🎄Is your #Christmas tree talking to you - and if it was, would you want to know?!
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
Translating the bio-signs of your festive fir, ecologist @canopyrobin.com brings a Quantum Qristmas to #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social!
2nd Dec, tickets at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5 🧠 Bring your brain & pull up a pint! 🍻
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🌍 New Toolkit Alert!
Tropical #deforestation is heating up local climates - with serious risks for #health, agriculture, and climate resilience 🌳🌡️
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 New Toolkit Alert!
Tropical #deforestation is heating up local climates - with serious risks for #health, agriculture, and climate resilience 🌳🌡️
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
🔗 cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @domspracklen.bsky.social
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Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
Ahead of COP30, online map shows deforestation is linked to tropical temperature rises - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map created by researchers at the University of Leeds. The onli...
climate.leeds.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
Released just before #COP30, the map uses the work of Priestley members @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social & Dominick Spracklen
climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/ahead-o...
📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Join @catzigle.bsky.social and the #GairWood team for a PhD working with our newly-planted research woodland!
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/dev...
Developing Climate-Resilient Woodlands in the UK: Insights from Gair Wood - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
The concurrent climate and biodiversity crises have driven global, national and regional targets to restore landscapes and create woodlands. In England, Defra’s Environmental Improvement Plan commits ...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social
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Fancy doing a PhTree?
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Fancy doing a PhTree?
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
Here's a thread of some fantastic PhD opportunities advertising right now to research trees and forests! 🧵🌍🌐🧪🌳
New study from @treeswithhazel.bsky.social! Increasing UK woodland area from 13% to 19% will likely increase biogenic emissions but by avoiding exclusive planting of the very highest emitters, we can ensure that new woodlands deliver for climate + nature, whilst minimising impacts on air quality ⬇️
Increasing woodland cover to 19% to help reach net-zero could change the biogenic emissions from UK woodlands. @treeswithhazel.bsky.social’s latest research shows the potential scale of change by 2050 associated with different tree species mixes.
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
Find out more here: leaf.leeds.ac.uk/news/why-pla...
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New study from @treeswithhazel.bsky.social! Increasing UK woodland area from 13% to 19% will likely increase biogenic emissions but by avoiding exclusive planting of the very highest emitters, we can ensure that new woodlands deliver for climate + nature, whilst minimising impacts on air quality ⬇️
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FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...