Reading in the news - Fri 5 July

June really wasn’t that cold, despite perceptions

Dr Matthew Patterson (Meteorology) discusses how UK temperatures in June were only marginally below average for The Times.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Dr Helen Hooker (Meteorology) spoke to ITV,  France24, The Telegraph and LBC Radio News about the recent Category 4 storm across the Caribbean, stating that climate change creates the ‘perfect condition’ for rapid hurricanes. Republished by Aol., Yahoo! News and MSN. Read our expert comment.
• Times Radio spoke to Dr Xiangbo Feng (Meteorology) on the extraordinary weather events across the Caribbean and what it is revealing about the state of the climate.
• Travel Tomorrow quotes Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) on how climate change is increasing temperature difference in air masses, causing turbulent skies.

Food and farming:

• BBC Radio Berkshire and Downtown Radio continue coverage of the University of Reading’s recent purchase of £16 million in farmland for research into agriculture and food. Read our news story.

Business and society:

• Dr Miriam Marra (Henley Business School) highlights the challenges of a four-day working week for People Management.
• ESG Investor mentions that the University of Reading is one of the UK institutions that demonstrated that biodiversity loss and environmental degradation could create material risks for the UK economy and financial sector.
• Dr Alexander Gilder (Law) is quoted in The Conversation, discussing NATO’s military strength needing enhanced intelligence gathering to counter the rising threat of hybrid warfare. Republished by Yahoo! News, Big News Network, Knews Media and inkl.
• Dr Geoff Smith (Archaeology) is quoted by IFL Science and The Paradise on a discovery of bone remains in a Tibetan cave, indicating that an ancient group of humans survived there for many millennia. Read our news story, which was republished by SOTT.

Other Coverage:

• Witness reports that a young MP in South Africa,  Mlondi Mdluli, is working towards his PhD at the University of Reading.
• Mishcon de Reya mentions that Stafford Lancaster serves as a Trustee of the Reading Real Estate Foundation at Henley Business School.
• Times of India mentions that Keir Starmer was issued with an honorary degree from the University of Reading.

Alumni:

• The Independent, Daily Mail, The Standard, Strathspey & Badenoch, The Press, Southern Daily Echo, Forres Gazette, Watford Observer, Glasgow Times, Warrington Guardian, Oxford Mail, Daily Echo, The Mail, South Wales Argus, Bucks Free Press, Dorset Echo, Express & Star, The Irish News, The Northern Echo, News & Star and hundreds of other publications like The National, Telegraph & Argus and Echo report that House of Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt studied at the University of Reading.
• BBC Radio Berkshire mentions that Penny Mordaunt was the former President of the University of Reading’s Student Union.
• Actress Tang Wei attended the University of Reading, South China Morning Post reports. Republished by MSN.
• MP Harriet Cross completed her masters at the University, Press and Journal reports.