Reading in the news - Fri 23 Jul

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• European flooding:
  • Smart Water Magazine and Carbon Brief have republished an article written by Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) on the forecasting of the European floods, originally published by The Conversation. RT also quotes Professor Cloke, and Dutch newspaper Trouw (No Link) quotes Professor Cloke and Dr Linda Speight (Geography). 
  • Climate Change News republishes an article by PhD researcher Jeff Da Costa (Geography/Meteorology) on the floods, originally published by The Conversation. Also quoted in CNN, Wral.com, Science The Wire, OBV Online, Noizz Aktuality, El Mundo, The Chestnut Post, Ooska News, Heise Online, Visao, Wort and MDR. Da Costa spoke to Al Jazeera, Bild, DW News, BE FM, Radio 100 Komma 7 and VTM.          
  • Dr Liz Stephens (Geography) appeared on Al-Jazeera to discuss the recent floods in Europe and China and the link to climate change.
• PhD student Akshay Doras (Meteorology) is quoted by the Hindustan Times on predicting rainfall in the Himalayas. 
• Dr Roger Brugge (Meteorology) is quoted in The Maidenhead Advertiser on night time temperatures during the UK heatwave. 
• Professor Keith Shine (Meteorology) co-wrote an article published by Green Air News on aviation contrails’ effects on pollution.

Cloud Seeding: Professor Maarten Ambaum (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about research into the possibility of using drones for cloud seeding, and there is further mentions of the research, including The National Daily, The Science Times, itv, Yahoo, CBS News, MSN, People News and Archyde.. Read our news story on a recent visit to the University by the United Arab Emirate Ambassador to the UK to see the research.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The Mirror on yesterday’s COVID infection rate statistics; China Daily on the effectiveness of self-isolation; The Daily Mail and The Express Informer about the factors leading to increased infection rates; GB News on people being advised to self-isolate; and spoke to talkRADIO about lifting COVID restrictions. 

Other Coverage:

• The Accounting Web features a Henley Business School study on side-hustles. Read Henley’s news story.
• Professor Liam McGuffin (Biomedical Sciences) is quoted in The Verge and The Next Web on Deepmind, an AI research lab.  
• Further coverage of ‘The Equity Effect’ about racial equity and the impact on businesses in The Today Headline. Read Henley’s story here.
• UoR Architecture student Harvey Warren has been shortlisted for the AJ Student Prize 2021: Sustainability Award.