Reading in the news - Thu 4 Nov

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• Professor Hannah Cloke featured in a BBC Panorama programme called ‘Wild Weather' discussing the floods in Germany earlier this year.
• Professor Martin Lukac (Agriculture) was quoted by Nature World News on the success rates of tree planting schemes. 
• Dr Liz Stephens (Meteorology) answered listeners' questions about climate change for BBC News. 
• The University won Carbon Reduction Project of the Year at the Big Sustainability Awards, as reported by University Business. Dan Fernbank, Reading's Director of Energy and Sustainability, spoke to That's TV Thames Valley about the University's win. 
• Dr Ella Gilbert (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about what the 1.5°C warming target means.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to LBC Radio about sickness and disease in farm birds and the regulations that keep humans from catching it; BBC Radio Berkshire (approx. 3 hours 5 mins) answering listeners' questions; and his interview with Russia Today on speculation that the Pfizer vaccine has serious flaws was replayed throughout the day yesterday.

Other Coverage:

• Comments by Professor Patrick Major (History) on his reservations of the renaming of an Oxford College were picked up by The Times. 
• Dr Netta Weinstein's (Psychology) study on solitude was mentioned by K.AT, Open Access Government and Everything Zoomer. 
• Lee-Yuen Rapati, the maker of the 'one hour watch', was mentioned by Watchonista as a Reading graduate. 
• Dr Richard Blakemore's (History) article for The Conversation on why France and England have historically fought for access to the sea was republished by Telangana Today. 
• Professor Vimal Karani (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by Medical News Today on a study that linked vitamin D deficiencies to mortality risk. 
• For UoR professor, Cathy Creswell's (Psychology) strategies for how parents can alleviate their child's anxiety were published by the BBC and Business Insider. 
• Professor Jonathan Dronsfield (former UoR staff member) was mentioned by The Times (in print) for being dismissed by the University after having relations with a student at Reading. 
• The University's Cole Museum was mentioned by BBC Radio Berkshire as the unveiling site for Bob Nichol's life-sized model of a bird-like dinosaur known as Archaeopteryx.