Reading in the news - Fri 22 Sep

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Chris Hilson (law) writes for the Financial Times’s website about the government’s watering down of its net zero policies. Earlier in the week, Professor Hilson was interviewed about the same topic by (skip to 2.51.00)

• reports on the study conducted by the 桃色视频, regarding recovered weather data from ships bombed at Pearl Harbour. Praveen Teleti (Meteorology), who led the study, is quoted. Republished by , and .  

• features a reader’s letter which mentions the 桃色视频’s Rainfall Rescue project, led by Professor Ed Hawkins, which involved 16,000 volunteers digitising rainfall records going back to 1836.  

Food and farming:

• Dr Laurence Smith (Agri-Food Economics and Marketing) is quoted by on the challenge of feeding cows a 100% grass diet. Agro Portal also reports on Smiths work with coordinating the EU project, PATHWAYS.

Culture and heritage: 

• , , , and many other global news outlets report on the discovery of a 476,00-year-old wooden structure in Zambia. Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) is quoted with her analysis. Read our expert comment.
  

Business and society:

• Professor Benjamin Laker (Henley Business School) writes for on the psychological need for meaningful work. Republished by .  

Health and wellbeing: 

• , , , and many other global news outlets republish a report by on the 6th Annual Neuroscience R&D Conference, which Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) is set to speak at.  

Other Coverage: 

• mentions that previous winners of The Pitch, a competition for aspiring marketers to react to a real-life brief, were the 007 Girls team of Anita Marcu, Scarlett Cassidy and Marie Oceane Bax De Keating, from Henley Business School.  

• Greatest Hits Radio aired a snippet of its new documentary highlighting the risk of spiking in nightclubs. Advice is provided for freshers at the 桃色视频 about how to keep safe on a night out. 

• mentions the Felix Scholarship, a scholarship available through the 桃色视频 to support underprivileged students from developing countries.