Reading in the news - Thu 2 Jul
02 July 2020
COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) spoke to BBC Radio Ulster about the use of facemasks; and BBC Radio London and talkRadio on local lockdowns. He is also quoted in the Daily Mail for multiple similar articles.
- Prof Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) was quoted in the Daily Mail on the possible reason for an increase in patients suffering strokes in the UK.
- Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) provides expert comment for a Daily Mail article on antibody tests.
- Meteorologists from the University of Reading and National Centre for Earth Observations have used scientific methods normally used to forecast weather to predict how rapidly COVID-19 could spread in different countries as lockdown is eased. Medical Xpress reports. Read our news story here.
Climate stripes: BBC South and BBC Oxford feature the climate stripes graphic by Prof Ed Hawkins (Met), which demonstrates how global temperatures have been rising since 1884.
Other coverage
- Farm Week reports on the Sustainable Agriculture Bursary, which is open exclusively to agriculture undergraduates at the Royal Agricultural University and the University of Reading.
- An article in The Psychologist on tips for students about to start university life contains comment from Dr Alana James (Psychology) on the support options available at university.
- A Landscape News article on some rare trees in South America references some climate modelling data produced by Oliver Wilson (SAGES) and colleagues.