Reading in the news - Mon 24 Jul
24 July 2023

Extreme weather: Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in on jet streams causing global heatwaves, saying how melting away clouds heat the ground and air above, rather than evaporating moisture.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
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, (also in print) and mention Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) on extreme heat in Europe.
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reports on University research that found clear-air-turbulence could triple by the end of the century.
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Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted in , , on how rising temperatures can make planes heavier, causing issues when taking off.
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Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted in , , and on climate change increasing the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves.
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quotes Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) regarding the intensity of rainfall of India, which could increase in a warming world.
Food and farming:
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Professor Richard Tiffin (Agriculture) is quoted in , , and on the recent study regarding the positive environmental impact following a vegan diet has.
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, , and report on the partnership between the Indo-German Global Academy for Agroecology Research and Learning the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
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Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted in on the consumption of ultra-processed foods
#UniForReading: our role as a civic university
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and reported how a group of Wokingham schools have collaborated with the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé on an initiative which promotes their positive approaches to learning. The banner trail is showcased throughout the University’s Whiteknights campus. Also mentioned on .
Other Coverage:
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and , report that the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, working in partnership with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), won the United Kingdom-Malaysia Education Institutional Partnership Award 2023.
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, , and , report that a 300,000-year-old wooden stick provides evidence that early humans were creating more complex hunting tools than previously thought. Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) is quoted.
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quote Professor Tom Sizmur (Geography and Environmental Sciences) on the three types of soil worms.
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mention how former Kaduna State Governor, Bashir El-Rufai’s, son recently graduated from the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
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Postgraduate Research Student, Juliette Waterman, spoke to on an excavation in Pompeii during her undergraduate studies (repeated).
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report on a building at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé which was once a nuclear bunker.
Alumni:
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Cayman report that Elsia Ferguson earned one of her degrees from the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
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Hertfordshire Life (Available in print - request print copy) report that Fabio and Hannah Vincenti, owners of Fabio’s Gelato, attended a gelato course in 2013 at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.