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The Godfather of UK Wind Power

As renewable energy takes centre stage in the fight against the climate crisis, Reading alumnus, Peter Edwards, reflects on a life spent navigating the winds of change. In December 2016, Delabole, the UK’s first...

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Turning Up The Heat On Our Health

We all know that climate change is damaging our planet, but what about us?   Air pollution created by the burning of fossil fuels harms our vital organs, while extreme heatwaves, like the one we saw in 2017, pose...

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Retreating Glaciers

Professor Maria Shaghedenova’s research looks at the shrinkage of glaciers due to climate change, and the effect of this on rivers and lakes.  Her work recently featured in a visually stunning interactive New York Times...

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Melting Ice and Shipping Routes

The decline of sea ice in the Arctic is undoubtedly one of the most striking signs of climate change, and a worrying environmental concern.  Reading alumnus, Dr Nathanael Melia, shows that this could make shipping...

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Gain Your Own Advantage

The majority of Reading alumni may have chosen to exit formal education having graduated with a bachelor’s degree, a qualification which provides the knowledge and experience to go on to excel in the world of work...

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Weather Forecasts Changing Lives

We love discussing the weather in the UK and many of us tune into the forecast without a second thought. But for many people in low to mid-income countries this information is often not readily available and yet, it is...

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The Butterfly Effect

Research at the University of Reading is shaping a new approach in environmental policy-making, to create twenty-first-century landscapes that are fit for wildlife.  Biodiversity under threat The biodiversity of our...

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Answers In The Rainforest

The combination of academic staff who are experts in their fields of study; opportunities to engage with subjects in distinctive ways and learning that is rooted in research and aligned with practice has seen the...

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The Nature of “Tipping Points”

Humans need to be wary of breaching a “point of no return” that leads to ecological disasters such as loss of rainforests or irreversible climate change, according to the most detailed study of its kind. The thin line...

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A Climate of Action

“Why does nothing ever seem to get done about climate change?” is a question that PhD student Heather Plumpton has been battling with for years. Now an Interdisciplinary Research Fellow at the Walker Institute, Heather...