Are you a part of nature? 🌱 Or do you see people as separate from the natural world? 🚷 Tom Oliver outlines the argument for a redefinition of what we mean by "nature" theconversation.com/a-new-campaign… via The Conversation

Excited to have appeared on Radio 4's BBC Radio 4's GQT today, discussing our new Uni of Reading research programme with ECMWF and Met Office Science on Advancing the Frontiers of Earth System Prediction. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… NERC NCEO DARC - Data Assimilation Research Centre Reading Meteorology

Proud to be part of the new #ClimateAmbassadors scheme announced by Department for Education The scheme aims to help all nurseries, schools and colleges in England have climate action plans in place by 2025. But we need volunteer experts to help make it happen. rdg.ac/4as3UJl

This 300-year-old book popularised pirates 🏴‍☠️but was it really a satire on British politics? Richard Blakemore of University of Reading History investigates for The Conversation theconversation.com/pirates-and-po…

Poor quality diet makes our brains sad. Eat yourself well! reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese…

"We have shown Lerwick offers a corroborating source of globally relevant climate information." "...there are about half a million hourly entries between 1927 and 1984" Article by Giles Harrison (Atmospheric scientist, University of Reading). theconversation.com/sparks-from-th…

Professor Ian Jones responds to news of H5N2 flu death, in Mexico. "...it would be reasonable to suppose this is a one-off case of zoonotic transfer with no potential to spread." reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Expe…

AI generated exam answers go undetected in real-world blind test reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese… #AI #Artificiallntelligence #ChatGPT #Researchpaper #HigherEducation

The number of girls in England taking a GCSE in computing has more than halved since 2015, which could lead to continued male dominance and harm the UK’s aim to be a technology ‘superpower’1, researchers warn today. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese… Led by King's College London

.Alexander Gilder from Reading Law School speaking to BBC South East about the government’s review of the UK’s defence spending.

.Archaeology@Reading are back at Cookham to excavate an 8th century monastery. This morning members of the press came to visit the site and interviewed dig leader Professor Gabor Thomas, students and volunteers.

Dr Anja Rekeszus, Lecturer in German writes on the marginalisation of women in stories from the male-dominated world of collecting, editing, and publishing fairytales: "Three forgotten women who wrote fairytales which subverted the Grimms’ gender norms" (theconversation.com)

"Earth has just ended a 13-month streak of record heat – here’s what to expect next" (theconversation.com) by our Professor of Ocean and Earth Observation, Christopher Merchant

Researchers have uncovered a more nuanced view of what makes an 'ideal' computer science student, challenging long-held stereotypes of geeky, clever, detail-oriented men, who lack social skills. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese… Image by DFID, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Forest Green Rovers FC - recognised by FIFA as the greenest #football club in the world - has become the second club to adorn the red and blue #climate stripes graphic, after Reading FC first featured the stripes on their 2022/2023 home and away kits. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Univ…

Five PhD students from the University of Reading have played an important role in a new Met Office study that could lead to improvements in hyper-local forecasts for #heatwaves in urban areas. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese…

Research confirms health benefits of switching from saturated animal fats, to unsaturated plant oils. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese…

"During a recent heat wave in Britain the thermometers these boxes contain would have dutifully recorded very high temperatures. But, after 160 years of service, is it time for the Stevenson screen to retire?" Giles Harrison writes for The Conversation theconversation.com/victorian-tech…

If you've been lucky enough to jet off for your holidays this summer, you may have experienced some turbulence during your flight ✈️ But what causes it? And why is it becoming more common? We sent chesneyhawkes to find out. #TheOneShow 👉 bbc.in/3T22Sha

Putting the atmosphere into Reading Meteorology's Atmospheric Observatory: when @chesneyhawkes met Prof Paul Williams for BBC The One Show to talk turbulence ✈️🌀