Reading in the news - Fri 9 Apr

Antarctic ice: A study by Dr Ella Gilbert (Meteorology) showing the vulnerability of Antarctic ice sheets to collapse under different scenarios of global warming is covered by The Times, , , , , , , , , and multiple other outlets via agencies Press Association and . Dr Gilbert write a guest blog for on the research behind the findings. The story has been shared widely – including by editor in chief of Elle magazine, Nina Garcia, . Read our news story.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) comments in , , and spoke to BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio West Midlands, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Oxford and Heart Berkshire about the Oxford/AZ vaccine blood clot risks and the rollout of the Moderna vaccine in the UK; about lower risks of Covid transmission outdoors; and answered listeners’ questions on LBC Radio.

#WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to help fight the coronavirus pandemic

• lists the University’s Great Hall as one of Berkshire’s Covid test centres.
• (South Africa) quotes Henley Business School Africa Dean Jon Foster-Pedley on how the pandemic has helped to improve business education.

COP26: coverage connected with the University’s campaign around the 2021 international climate change conference in Glasgow

• Dr Ella Gilbert (Meteorology) spoke to Sky News’ new Daily Climate Show about global CO emissions and concentrations in a segment looking ahead to COP26.

Housing market: Prof Michael Ball (Urban and Property Economics) spoke to BBC Radio 4 about interest rates and housing prices in the UK.

Other coverage

• quotes Dr Paul Jenkins (Psychology) on proposals to scrap the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measure of obesity.
• Continued coverage in regional UK media, via Press Association, of the study by Professor Nigel Arnell (Meteorology) on increased risks of wildfires in the UK due to climate change. .
• (and others) announces appointment of Reading law graduate Gabi Seligsohn as chair of Augwind.
• of the British Psychological Society highlights a study on regret by Dr Lily FitzGibbon (Psychology)
• (in print) features Reading psychology graduate and rugby star Vickii Cornborough.