We spend most of the year complaining that Britain is too cold and wet but gripe with just as much enthusiasm about the heat. Although moaning about the weather is…Read More >
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London just broke a 300-year-old weather record – but you probably didn’t even notice it
A London weather record was broken recently making for an exceptionally crisp, clear winter day – but you probably didn’t notice it, explains Professor Stephen Burt in a recent post…Read More >
Bees, climate and food: the Reading research listed among world’s elite
Ecology, climate and food science have helped to put the University of Reading in a group of the world’s elite research institutions in a new analysis of the most cited…Read More >
News from Prosperity & Resilience: Mike Goodman
Professor Mike Goodman (SAGES) ran a workshop on ‘Everyday Climate Cultures’. Bringing together scholars from media and cultural studies, communications, human and physical geographies and earth sciences, the workshop explored…Read More >
News from Prosperity & Resilience: Peter Dorward
In May 2017 the Guyana government together with the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology facilitated a workshop one developing Participatory Integrated Climate Services of Agriculture (PICSA). The training enabled…Read More >
News from Prosperity and Resilience: Andrew Ainslie
Current research in the Lake Victoria Basin by Dr Andrew Ainslie, Lecturer in International Rural Development I am part of a team led by the Walker Institute conducting research in…Read More >
‘Powering down’ of sun will shift aurora to the poles
What happens to the Earth when the Sun’s activity hits a 300-year low, as is predicted in the next few decades? Research published this morning in Scientific Reports by Dr…Read More >
The politics of climate change may be stalling – but business is rising to the challenge
By Paul Williams, University of Reading Department of Meteorology ‘As important as political leadership is, individual people and companies will have to make key decisions to deal with the impacts…Read More >
Shocking! Could an electric charge make clouds rain?
Clouds could be given a helpful jolt of electric charge to increase much-needed rainfall in dry parts of the world, thanks to an award-winning research proposal by scientists at the…Read More >