Reading in the news - Wed 14 Jun

El Niño threatens extreme weather: Dr Jon Robson (Meteorology) is quoted by The Independent, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Aol., Yahoo!, Ireland Live, Jersey Evening Post, The Courier, The Sunday Post, Belfast Telegraph, Suffolk News and others on how El Niño conditions may cause extreme weather conditions next year. Dr Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) also provided expert comment on El Niño.

Bumpier flights (continued): Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) and PhD student Mark Prosser (Meteorology) are quoted by Gizmodo, Yahoo!, New Kerala, Evening Mail (in print), Daily Echo (in print), The Echo (in print), Dorset Echo (in print), and News & Star (in print) on their findings that clear-air turbulence has increased over the past 40 years. Professor Williams is also quoted by Future Net Zero, Geo News, The State, Herald Leader, Idaho Statesman, The Verge and others on the findings. Broadcast coverage includes BBC 1’s Have I Got News For You (approx. 22 mins 30 secs in), radio show From Nine to Noon and BBC Radio Somerset.  The research was also cited in a US congress bill. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Huffington Post, i News, Yahoo!, and Knowledia quote Dr Alastair Culham (Biological Sciences) from an article he wrote for The Conversation in 2018 on watering plants during a heatwave.
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography / Meteorology) is quoted by i News on the UK's changing definition of heatwaves. Read our expert comments in full.
• Dr Michaela Hegglin (Meteorology) is quoted by the BBC on considering the negative impact that flights in the stratosphere may have on its atmosphere.
• Greatest Hits Radio interviewed Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) on his research into improving thunderstorm forecasts. Read our news story.
• Dr Holly Ayres (Meteorology) is quoted by The Independent Ghana and Kion46 on a recent study that found deep ocean water in the Antarctic is ‘warming and shrinking.’ 
• PhD student, Isabel Smith (Meteorology) explains what air turbulence is in WRAL News.
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted by Germanic on the potential impact of El Niño.

Business and society:

• A repeat episode of BBC 2 England's Digging For Britain aired, during which Dr Gabor Thomas (Archaeology) was interviewed on his excavations of a "super-sized" Anglo-Saxon royal complex in Lyminge. 
• Dr Kai Li Chung (University of Reading Malaysia) co-authored an article on how forensic psychology may improve policing practices, which is republished by Malay Mail and Big News Network.

Health and wellbeing:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live on the inquiry into the UK's preparedness for pandemics. 
• Continued coverage of a study co-authored by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) which has found flavanols, a micronutrient found in tea, berries and apples, have a positive effect on memory, by Med India. Read our news story.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• The University is thanked in an article by Wokingham Today for sponsoring the East Reading Festival.

Other Coverage:

• Jon Foster-Pedley (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) will judge the upcoming All Africa Business Leaders Awards, reports Forbes Africa (in print). 
• Somerset Voice (in print) mentions Henley Business School is a new client of Distinctive Communications.