Reading in the news - Wed 21 Jul

#PlanetPartners: Reading’s global work for a sustainable future

• Heat warning:
  • PhD researcher Chloe Brimicombe (Geography/Walker Institute) is quoted by multiple news sites including BBC News, the Independent.ie, Yahoo, LAD Bible, and Knowledia on the Met Office amber heat warnings for the UK; spoke to BBC Radio 4, BBC 2 Wales, BBC Radio Wales, BBC South Today, and BBC Radio Berkshire; and The Science Alert republished her article written for The Conversation on what the alert means.
  • Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) is quoted by the Guardian and Yahoo.
  • Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in dozens of news articles online including CNN about computer’s predictions of future weather patterns.
  • Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) was quoted by dozens of regional news sites including Berkshire Live, Birmingham Live, My London News, In Your Area, The Mirror (also in print).
• European flooding:
  • PhD researcher Jeff Da Costa (Environmental Science) was interviewed by Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, Frankfurte Allgemeine Zeitung, Bild TV and Münchner Merkur.
  • Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) was quoted by Science News, the Washington Post, Climate Home News, Climate Depot and The Executive Intelligence Review about the floods in Europe. 
  • Dr Linda Speight (Geography/Environmental Science) was interviewed by The Naked Scientists on the floods.  
• Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) is quoted in The Daily Telegraph on new language phrases in weather forecasts. 
• Nature World News reports on Reading research (Meteorology) into the use of drones to deliver electrical charge into clouds to encourage rainfall in the Middle East. Read our news story on a recent visit to the University by the United Arab Emirate Ambassador to the UK to see the research.

City children: Research by Professor Carol Fuller (Institute of Education), on how the exposure of children who live in urban locations to woodland areas improves their mental health, was covered by multiple online news articles, including CNN Health and WLS AM.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Professor Uma Kambhampati (Economics) spoke to BBC Radio World Service and BBC Radio 4 about the Indian government’s response to the COVID death rate.  
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The Daily Mail about the UK’s second lockdown; and Sky News, GB News, The Stylist and Planet Radio on the effectiveness of self-isolating and spoke to LBC. 
• Professor Gary Stephens (Pharmacology) is quoted in Reading.co.uk about how llamas are helping scientists develop Covid-fighting antibodies. Read our news story.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in Yahoo debunking COVID misinformation.

Other Coverage:

• Forbes mentions research from Dr Tatiana Rowson (Henley Business School) on leading businesses with an employee-centred approach.
• Yahoo and AOL covered a Henley Business School report on the four-day working week, which was found to increase productivity in employees.