Reading in the news - Fri 30 Jun

Meadows Day: RDG. Today and Wokingham Today preview Meadows Day at Langley Mead nature reserve in Shinfield, today and tomorrow. Professor Mark Fellowes (Ecology) quoted in RDG.Todayon the importance of providing green space to the local community. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• Hindustan Times quote research scientist Professor Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) regarding active rainfall in Mumbai during monsoon.  
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) was featured on BBC World Service Radio, discussing natural hazards.
• The Guardian, Yahoo! and VNExplorer.net quote Professor Cloke on the impact of rising sea levels on London’s flood defences.
• Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) is quoted in an article about solar eruptions by Yahoo!
• DC Velocity report that meteorologists from the University of Reading found turbulence increased by 55% from 1979 to 2020. PhD student Mark Prosser (Meteorology) is quoted. 

Food and farming: 

• Pledge Times report that to prevent the spread of diseases, cocoa plants are quarantined at the University of Reading’s International Cocoa Quarantine Centre.   

Other Coverage: 

• Marginal Babble podcast features Dr Alex Mihailov (Politics) on changing public sentiment towards the EU, and Professor Uma Kambhampati (Economics) on links between modern slavery and indentured labour from the past.

• BusinessWire report that Professor Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) will be speaking at a Neuroscience Conference, taking place London on October 9^th-10^th, 2023.