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Preprint: Sweet signals: Using floral traits to predict nectar sugar availability

14 January 2026
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Paper: Smelling Wellness: Associations Between Botanic Garden Scentscapes and Human Health Gains

13 January 2026
Do biogenic VOCs emitted by glasshouse vegetation influence human health and wellbeing.
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Preprint: A walk in the park - identifying healthy greenspaces using scents

19 December 2025
Looking at biogenic volatile organic compounds in the air across six urban greenspaces
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BBC Radio 4: What's Up Docs? Is Nature Good For You

07 October 2025
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken talk to Professor Kathy Willis
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The Science of Scent

23 September 2025
How Oxford students are exploring the physical and mental health benefits of plants
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Why we must legislate for access to nature

16 September 2025
Baroness Willis argues for statutory requirements to ensure access for all to urban green and blue spaces
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New paper: Do monetary incentives encourage local communities to collect and upload mosquito sound data using smartphones?

08 August 2025
A case study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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New research with SUGi Pocket Forests

01 August 2025
Exploring how spending time near SUGi Pocket Forests can support physical and mental well-being
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Congratulations to Anna Lee Jones

22 July 2025
Monitoring the effects of tropospheric ozone exposure on forests, a spectroscopic approach