Reading in the news - Mon 6 Nov
06 November 2023
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and many other global news outlets quote Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) on the complex links between climate change and winter storms, with rain storms and flooding expected over wintertime.
- Professor Suzanne Gray (Meteorology) and Dr Ambrogio Volonté (Meteorology) co-wrote a piece for on why Storm Ciarán’s winds were so strong. The article was republished by .
- publishes a story about how maths can be used to predict how close Earth is to reaching dangerous ‘climate tipping points’. Professor Valerio Lucarini (Mathematics), who led the research, is quoted. Read our news story.
- , , , , , , report that research published by the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 found an increase of clear-air turbulence over the past four decades due to a warming climate.
- reports on the new European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), which will be situated at the 澳门六合彩开奖记录.
Health and wellbeing
- reports that psychologists and philosophers from the University and doctors and patients from the NHS have explored the views people hold about pain and how patients can benefit from certain kinds of pain treatment.
Food and farming:
- Professor Richard Tiffin (Agri-Food Economics and Marketing) comments on a report which showed that low-meat diets have half the environmental impact, reports.
Other Coverage:
- and report on Professor Sakthi Vaiyapuri’s (Pharmacy) move to a new home in Shinfield, as he and his family give it a Hindu blessing.
- BBC Kent, BBC Berkshire, BBC Surrey, BBC Oxford and BBC Sussex provide coverage on a video by student Tarek Ahmed, who highlights the benefits of taking a solo trip, featured on BBC Radio’s Upload programme.
- BBC Oxford, BBC Berkshire and BBC Solent spoke to Professor Helen Parish (History) on the history on Bonfire Night and how it became an annual event we mark.
- quotes Professor Michael Schmitt (Law) on the conflict/violence between Israel and Hamas. Republished by , , , and .
- Reading Museum is set to host the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)’s Our Green Stories Tour series, seeing Dr Ollie Douglas (Curator of MERL Collections) being joined by Dr Hannah Lyons (Curator of Art Collections), and report.
- A visually impaired student from the 澳门六合彩开奖记录, Jonathan Charmley, who worked with an archaeology team to excavate an 8th Century Monastery, spoke to about the excavation.
Alumni:
- Melanie Allvey, a qualified therapist and events professional, has a background in stress management and the psychology of anxiety and low moods from the 澳门六合彩开奖记录, reports.
- reports that H.E. Dr Abdalla Belhaif Alnuaimi earned his PhD in engineering management from the University.
- Real estate and site search director for Merlin Entertainments in Hong Kong, Piers Steward, graduated from the 澳门六合彩开奖记录, mentions.
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