Reading in the news - Tue 26 Sep

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• A quote by Dr Praveen Teleti (Meteorology) is featured in the Washington Post, regarding the uncovered weather data from bombed ships at Pearl Harbour. Republished by Stars and Stripes and SFGATE. Read our news story.
• Yahoo! News, The Olympian, Centre Daily Times, The Kansas City Star and many other news outlets republish an article by UPI, which quotes researcher Isabel Smith (Meteorology) on the sudden nature of clear-air turbulence, which caused injuries to eight people on a JetBlue flight.
• Insider reports on a study from the University of Reading, which has noted a rise in severe clear-air turbulence in the past 40 years. Republished by Yahoo! News.  
• BNN mentions collaborative research between the University of Reading and Imperial College London, suggesting minor alterations in flight routes could reduce the climate impact of contrails.  

Food and farming:

• Phys.org and Nature World News reports on farmers around Europe trying a new grass-fed method to produce milk and meat. Dr Laurence Smith (Agriculture) is quoted. Republished by Samachar Central and Farms.com.
  

Business and society: 

• Professor Rob Merkin (Law) provides an example on the issues around insurance coverage during wartime, Insurance Business reports.  

Other Coverage:

• A couple from Tokers Green contacted researchers from the University of Reading to investigate red kite feeding trends in the Reading area, Henley Standard (also in print) reports. PhD Student, Juliette Waterman (Archaeology), is quoted. Read our news story.
• Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) sees the importance of being able to see what humans were capable of, after a simple log structure was said to be the oldest example of early humans building with wood, Phys.org reports. Republished by My Droll and Samachar Central. Read our expert comment. 
• Architects Journal mentions that FCBS’s (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios) Natural History Museum project, which partners with the University of Reading, is set to be storage for 28 million species, as well as a space for scientific work. Read our news story. 

Alumni: 

• The Guardian (republished by Yahoo! News) features an obituary on drummer John Marshall, who studied Psychology at the University of Reading.
• Dr Arthur Francis King holds a doctoral degree from the University of Reading, Gazette. Mun reports.
• My Science reports on Tamarin-Brodsky who completed a postdoctoral project at the University of Reading.
• Terry Hunt writes about university life for Suffolk Magazine (in print), in which he mentions his time studying at the University of Reading.