Reading in the news - Thu 4 Nov

#PlanetPartners: Reading will be presenting its environmental work at COP26 in Glasgow from 31 Oct - 12 Nov. Find out how we're Partnering for the Planet at reading.ac.uk/planet

• Professor Hannah Cloke featured in a BBC Panorama programme called 鈥榃ild Weather' discussing the floods in Germany earlier this year.
• Professor Martin Lukac (Agriculture) was quoted by  on the success rates of tree planting schemes. 
• Dr Liz Stephens (Meteorology) answered listeners' questions about climate change for . 
• The University won Carbon Reduction Project of the Year at the Big Sustainability Awards, as reported by . Dan Fernbank, Reading's Director of Energy and Sustainability, spoke to about the University's win. 
• Dr Ella Gilbert (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about what the 1.5掳C warming target means.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to LBC Radio about sickness and disease in farm birds and the regulations that keep humans from catching it; BBC Radio Berkshire (approx. 3 hours 5 mins) answering listeners' questions; and his interview with Russia Today on speculation that the Pfizer vaccine has serious flaws was replayed throughout the day yesterday.

Other Coverage:

• Comments by Professor Patrick Major (History) on his reservations of the renaming of an Oxford College were picked up by . 
• Dr Netta Weinstein's (Psychology) study on solitude was mentioned by,  and . 
• Lee-Yuen Rapati, the maker of the 'one hour watch', was mentioned by as a Reading graduate. 
• Dr Richard Blakemore's (History) article for on why France and England have historically fought for access to the sea was republished by . 
• Professor Vimal Karani (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by on a study that linked vitamin D deficiencies to mortality risk. 
• For UoR professor, Cathy Creswell's (Psychology) strategies for how parents can alleviate their child's anxiety were published by the and . 
• Professor Jonathan Dronsfield (former UoR staff member) was mentioned by The Times (in print) for being dismissed by the University after having relations with a student at Reading. 
• The University's Cole Museum was mentioned by BBC Radio Berkshire as the unveiling site for Bob Nichol's life-sized model of a bird-like dinosaur known as Archaeopteryx.