The Environment Agency is consulting on a new flood alleviation scheme for Reading, to be sited on the banks of the River Thames in Caversham, and they’re inviting local residents to look at…Read More >
flooding
Can we really use El Niño to predict flooding? And five things I learnt writing a Nature paper.
Water@Reading PhD student Rebecca Emerton is often asked how she got a paper published in Nature at such an early stage in her career. She shares her top five tips…Read More >
Before the flood
We’ve all seen news footage of the devastation that flooding can cause – buildings smashed to driftwood, crops destroyed and people huddled on rooftops in a brown sea of floodwater….Read More >
Saving lives and reducing damage with flood early warnings
By Professor Hannah Cloke, hydrologist, Water@Reading If you knew there was a strong chance that your local river was about to burst its banks and sweep away your house, you’d…Read More >
Will the ‘little boy’ of the Pacific bring disaster? Improving El Niño flood forecasts
By Rebecca Emerton, Water@Reading research group When an El Niño is declared, or even forecast, we think back to memorable past El Niños (such as 1997/98), and begin to ask…Read More >
Celebrating the impact of environmental science at Reading
By Phil Newton, Research Dean for the Environment Theme, University of Reading ‘Impact sometimes needs to be nurtured over long timescales… there is more to impact than developing case-studies for the…Read More >