Reading in the news - Tue 30 Jul
30 July 2024

Business and society:
- Dr Miriam Marra (ICMA Centre) discusses the potential and challenges of a four-day working week in Britain in Edinburgh Evening News and Yorkshire Evening Post (in print). Originally published in .
- Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) discusses the importance of smart decision-making in leadership for .
- M. Niaz Asadullah, visiting professor of economics at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, compares the current youth protests in Bangladesh to the Arab Spring protests for .
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- Dr Balaji Senapati (Meteorology) and a team of researchers have identified a new climate phenomenon similar to El Niño occurring near New Zealand and Australia. Reported by . Read our news story.
- Professor Giles Harrison (Meteorology) tells that particulate levels in 1920s Paris were five times higher than today's pollution levels.
Food and farming:
Air pollution dramatically decreases bee visits to flowers, a Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé team found. Reported by .
Other coverage:
- A research team led by Professor Chris Venditti (Ecology) found that larger animals do not have proportionally larger brains, reports.
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