Reading in the news - Fri 19 Apr

Dubai floods: Professor Marteen Ambaum, Professor Giles Harrison, Professor Suzanne Gray, Professor Richard Allan (All Meteorology), Professor Hannah Cloke and Professor Maria Shahgedanova (both Geography and Environmental Science), provide further commentary on widespread floods in Dubai. Coverage from:

BBC News, ScienceMediaCentre, MailOnline, Mogaznews, The Telegraph, Aljazeera, Naharnet, NBC Los Angeles, NBC New York, EuroNews, VNExplorer, Yahoo! News, Gulf News, Daily Tribune,  Aol. DNYUZ, Fox News, Slash Gear, BBC Hereford and Worcester, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Cornwall, BBC Berkshire, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Solent, TalkTV, talkRadio, BBC 1 South, GB News, BBC Humberside and BBC Radio Scotland. Read our expert comment.

Health and wellbeing:

• ITV 1 Meridian interviews Professor Ciara McCabe (Psychology) about ‘dopamine fasting’ after researchers found that one in five people show signs of phone addiction.   
• Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about solitude.

  #PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Richard Allan discusses El Niño and climate change for Context.   

  Other Coverage:

• Andover Advertiser quotes Professor Michael Fulford (Archaeology) in an article about a museum exhibit which will feature discoveries from the University of Reading’s Silchester excavations.

  Alumni:

• Newly-qualified solicitor at Browne Jacobson’s, Georgina Hall, studied at Henley Business School, Love Business reports.