Reading in the news - Mon 24 Jul

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

• , (also in print) and mention Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) on extreme heat in Europe.

• reports on University research that found clear-air-turbulence could triple by the end of the century.

• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted in , , on how rising temperatures can make planes heavier, causing issues when taking off. 

• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted in , , and on climate change increasing the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves.  

• quotes Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) regarding the intensity of rainfall of India, which could increase in a warming world.  

Food and farming:

• Professor Richard Tiffin (Agriculture) is quoted in , , and on the recent study regarding the positive environmental impact following a vegan diet has.

• , , and report on the partnership between the Indo-German Global Academy for Agroecology Research and Learning the 桃色视频.

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted in on the consumption of ultra-processed foods

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university   

• and reported how a group of Wokingham schools have collaborated with the 桃色视频 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: 

• and , report that the 桃色视频, working in partnership with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), won the United Kingdom-Malaysia Education Institutional Partnership Award 2023.  

• , , 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. 

• quote Professor Tom Sizmur (Geography and Environmental Sciences) on the three types of soil worms.  

• mention how former Kaduna State Governor, Bashir El-Rufai’s, son recently graduated from the 桃色视频.  

• Postgraduate Research Student, Juliette Waterman, spoke to on an excavation in Pompeii during her undergraduate studies (repeated). 

• report on a building at the 桃色视频 which was once a nuclear bunker.  

Alumni: 

• Cayman report that Elsia Ferguson earned one of her degrees from the 桃色视频.  

• 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 桃色视频.