Reading in the news - Thu 25 Aug

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• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) was interviewed by GB News on the UK's hosepipe ban.
• India Education Dairy, Seed Quest, HQ Network, The Scottish Farmer, Farming UK, Farmers Guide, and Farming Online report on a University paper published yesterday in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface which reveals hay yields in England have fallen by more than a third due to climate change and will continue to fall. Professor Richard Ellis (Agriculture) is quoted by The Daily Star (in print), The Beef Site, The Dairy Site, and The Cattle Site on the research. Read our news story.
• Further coverage of Dr Rob Thompson's (Meteorology) viral online video which shows how droughts impact how the ground absorbs water by Public News Time and The Local. Mass Live also quotes him on the impact of drought on flooding.
• Professor Matthew Owens (Meteorology) is quoted by Bolly Inside on the dangerous solar events that took place between NASA's Apollo 16 and 17.
• Countryman (in print) lists Dr John Whittow (previously Geography) as an attendee of a committee in 1964 to address coastal erosion.

Other Coverage:

• Express cites a University study on the benefits of haskap berries on blood pressure.  
• The Financial Times (China) publishes an article by Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Rebecca Zhi Herbert, on the usefulness of homework. 
• Natural News and Bru Direct mention research by Dr Philippa Darbre (Biological Sciences) on parabens found in deodorants in tissue samples from women who had mastectomies.
• UK News Group reports on the placement opportunity that University student, Laura Barrie took.
• Teesdale Mercury reports on a local outstanding student's A-level results, mentioning he has chosen to study at Reading this year. 
• Arirang News Center (S.Korea) interviews Dr Simon Clarke about the new bivalent vaccine against Omicron as well as the original Wuhan variant of the COVID-19 virus.

Alumni:

• The CEO Magazine publishes an interview with Reading graduate and the founder of Nanofilm, Dr Shi Xu.