Publications
Environmental Research Web - Iceland set to test carbon dioxide storage - 31st July 2008
New Scientist - Bees help police close in on serial killers - 30th July 2008
National Geographic news - Bat Bonanza: 100+ Species Found in 5 Acres of Jungle - 21st July 2008
National Geographic news - Ancient River Camps Are Oldest Proof of Humans in Paris - 7th July 2008
New Scientist - Ramming icebergs in the name of science - 5th January 2008
National Geographic news - Neandertals Ranged Much Farther East Than Thought - 1st October 2007
National Geographic news - Giant Ocean Tubes Proposed as Global Warming Fix - 26th September 2007
National Geographic news - Belching British Bogs Fueled Ancient Global Warming - 19th September 2007
National Geographic news - Photo Gallery: Most Endangered Animals of '07 Announced - 12th September 2007
New Scientist - Climate change drove humans out of Africa - 8th September 2007
National Geographic news - Humans' Complex Social Skills Due to Larger Brains - 6th September 2007
National Geographic news - Weird Creatures Found on Deep-Sea "Mountain Range" - 21st August 2007
National Geographic news - "Volcano Cure" for Warming? Not So Fast, Study Says - 17th August 2007
National Geographic news - San Andreas Fault May Be Rare Quake "Superhighway" - 16th August 2007
National Geographic news - English Less Diverse Than 1,000 Years Ago, DNA Study Finds - 8th August 2007
National Geographic news - First Europeans Came From Asia, Not Africa, Tooth Study Suggests - 6th August 2007
New Scientist - Asia's brown clouds heat the Himalayas - 1st August 2007
National Geographic news - Gene for Left-Handed Trait Discovered - 1st August 2007
The Guardian - Borrowing from nature's best ideas - 31st July 2007
National Geographic news - Major Quake Likely in Middle East, Survey Finds - 26th July 2007
National Geographic news - Echidna, Feared Extinct, Is Alive and "Tasty," Hunters Tell Scientists - 18th July 2007
National Geographic news - Ancient Megaflood Made Britain an Island, Study Says - 18th July 2007
National Geographic news - Early Universe's First Stars Spied in Distant Galaxies - 10th July 2007
National Geographic news - Earth is smaller than thought, new measurements show - 9th July 2007
National Geographic news - New Ice Core Reveals 800,000 Years of Climate History - 5th July 2007
National Geographic news - Dodo Skeleton Found on Island, May Yield Extinct Bird's DNA - 3rd July 2007
National Geographic news - Barry Bonds Steroid Debate Highlights History of Drugs in Sports - 22nd June 2007
New Scientist - The fight to save Earth's rocks - 20th June 2007
National Geographic news - Oldest Jewelry Found in Morocco Cave - 7th June 2007
National Geographic news - Leopards Subdued by "Mooing" Cell Phones - 5th June 2007
National Geographic news - Antarctic Oceans Absorbing Less CO2, Experts Say - 17th May 2007
National Geographic news - Alexander the Great Conquered City via Sunken Sandbar - 15th May 2007
New Scientist - Impossible peaks under Antarctica's ice - 9th May 2007
National Geographic news - Tsunami Swamped England 400 Years Ago, Study Says - 7th May 2007
National Geographic news - Aborigines, Europeans Share African Roots, DNA Suggests - 7th May 2007
National Geographic news - "Weird" New Planet Weighs as Much as 2,500 Earths - 3rd May 2007
National Geographic news - New Layer of Ancient Greek Writings Detected in Medieval Book - 26th April 2007
New Scientist - Soybean boom spells bad news for climate - 21st April 2007
National Geographic news - Chernobyl Birds' Defects Link Radiation, Not Stress, to Human Ailments - 18th April 2007
National Geographic news - Invasive Bugs, Plants Prefer Summer Plane Flights, Study Finds - 11th April 2007
National Geographic news - Joan of Arc Relics Are Actually Egypt Mummy Remains, Research Reveals - 4th April 2007
National Geographic news - Mars Warming Due to Dust Storms, Study Finds - 4th April 2007
National Geographic news - Half of Wild Magnolias Facing Extinction, Report Says - 4th April 2007
National Geographic news - Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scientist Says - 28th February 2007
National Geographic news - Stricken Cargo Ship Poses Pollution Danger to Britain's Coastline - 23rd January 2007
New Scientist - Climate change 2100: A world of wild weather - 20th January 2007
National Geographic news - Ebola Killing Thousands of Gorillas, Study Says - 7th December 2006
National Geographic news - Roman 'Curse Tablet' discovered in England - 5th December 2006
New Scientist - Brown haze over India harming rice harvest - 4th December 2006
New Scientist - The Word: Volcano Diets - 2nd December 2006
National Geographic news - Ancient Greek Computer's Inner Workings Deciphered - 29th November 2006
New Scientist - Locating, locating locating - 25th November 2006
The Independent - The truth about food fraud - 20th November 2006
New Scientist - Buyer beware: the rise of food fraud - 11th November 2006
Archaeology - Scots on the Rocks - Nov/Dec 2006
BBC news - Choking churches - 4th October 2006
National Geographic news - Ice Foiled Ancient Settlement of Britain Seven Times - 18th September 2006
National Geographic news - Extreme Global Warming Fix Proposed: Fill the Skies with Sulfer - 4th August 2006
BBC Focus Magazine - The Coming Storm - August 2006
National Geographic news - Giant 'Blob' is Largest thing in Universe - 31st July 2006
National Geographic news - Rare Whales Appear off Scotland, Heatwave Blamed - 28th July 2006
National Geographic news - Medieval Christian Book Discovered in Ireland Bog - 26th July 2006
National Geographic news - Ancient Britain had apartheid-like society study suggests - 21st July 2006
National Geographic news - Noah's Ark Discovered in Iran? - 5th July 2006
National Geographic news - Ancient Shells May Be World's Oldest Jewelry - 22nd June 2006
National Geographic news - Stone Age Britons Often Died From Brutal Blows, Skull Survey Says - 18th May 2006
New Scientist - Wind turbines send wildlife diving for cover - 29th April 2006
National Geographic news - Despite Mutations, Chernobyl Wildlife is Thriving - 26th April 2006
New Scientist - Nile releases city's deep history - 22nd April 2006
National Geographic news - Flu Drugs Use Could Promote Virus Resistance Study Finds - 20th April 2006
New Scientist - Masks may not help Londoner's lungs - 15th April 2006
New Scientist - Dam puts Shanghai wetlands at sea's mercy - 15th April 2006
National Geographic News - San Francisco's 1906 Quake: What If It Struck Today? - 13th April 2006
The Independent - Shock tactics: Dynamiting the San Andreas fault - 12th April 2006
New Scientist - Global warming bubbles up from the ocean - 4th March 2006
National Geographic news - Gladiators played by the rules, skulls suggest - 3rd March 2006
BBC News - Europe's chill linked to disease - 27th February 2006
National Geographic news - Henry VIII's Lost Chapel - 9th February 2006
National Geographic news - Early chiefdoms offer clues - 8th February 2006
The Guardian - Pieces written while working for The Guardian - 1st Oct - 31st Dec 2005
The Independent - Global Warming: Death in the deep freeze - 28th September 2005
New Scientist - Indian Ocean tsunami's puzzling waves explained - 25th August 2005
New Scientist - Rapid-fire eruptions doomed the dinosaurs - 20th August 2005
New Scientist - White-knuckle planet - 16th July 2005
The Guardian - Don't take no for an answer - 30th June 2005
The Economist - Musical Chairs - 19th May 2005
New Scientist - Crater blows hole in magnetic Mars - 14th May 2005
New Scientist - Corals reveal rapid sea level changes - 23rd April 2005
New Scientist - Kicking up a storm with the cloud seeders - 16th April 2005
The Guardian - What a way to go - 14th April 2005
The Independent - Prehistoric polluters - 23rd February 2005
The Guardian - Have you got BlackBerry thumb? - 3rd February 2005
New Scientist - New roads can cause congestion - 29th January 2005
New Scientist - Quakes left Cretan civilisation high and dry - 8th January 2005
The Independent - Keystone Copse - 5th January 2005
New Scientist - Can coral warm to warming? - 11th December 2004
The Independent - Secrets of the forest - 1st December 2004
New Scientist - Warmer lakes will face deep trouble - 27th November 2004
New Scientist - The New Stone Age - 20th November 2004
The Guardian - Was Tutankhamun murdered? - 18th November 2004
The Guardian - Are these colours casued by global warming? - 18th November 2004
The Guardian - Is organic food any healthier than conventional food? - 18th November 2004
The Guardian - There's something in the water - 11th November 2004
New Scientist - Weather hots up under wind farms - 4th November 2004
The Independent - When the Sun lost its heat - 29th September 2004
The Economist - Computer Browsers - 16th September 2004
The Guardian - The fatal fern - 9th September 2004
The Guardian - Cancer-causing chemical from bracken found in water supplies - 9th September 2004
The Guardian - Natural Defences - 19th August 2004
The Independent - Ain't no mountain high enough - 21st July 2004
The Guardian - Journey to the Centre of the Earth - 1st July 2004
The Independent - Waste, the final frontier - 16th June 2004
The Economist - Sunny side up - 10th June 2004
The Guardian - Add magma and stand well back - 20th May 2004
New Scientist - Four days that shook the world - 8th May 2004
The Independent - These legs were made for walking - 5th May 2004
The Economist - Honey Bees and internet optimisation - 15th April 2004
The Guardian - The Final Countdown - 8th April 2004
New Scientist - Extinction's clock is ticking - 10th April 2004
New Scientist - Melting ice will leave western US dry - 10th April 2004
The Independent - The Stickiest stuff in the World - 18th February 2004
New Scientist - Mercury's magnetic tale - 7th February 2004
New Scientist - Destined for destruction - 10th January 2004
The Independent - Magma opus - 19th November 2003
The Independent - Grasping the nettle - 1st October 2003
The Economist - Plumbing the depths - 14th August 2003
The Independent - Blame it on the supernova - 13th August 2003
New Scientist - Challenger Deep's dramatic tale - 14th June 2003
The Economist - A shed load of ideas - 7th June 2003
The Guardian - Float like a butterfly - 5th June 2003
New Scientist - Keep an eye on electricity as it flows through circuits - 24th May 2003
The Independent - Tricks of the mind - 14th May 2003
The Independent - The gift of the gab - 24th March 2003
The Economist - Rock on - 13th March 2003
The Guardian - Drinking with dinosaurs - 27th February 2003
New Scientist - Melting snow could trigger earthquakes - 19th February 2003
The Guardian - Waiting in the wings - 6th February 2003
The Guardian - Eat, sing and be merry - 30th January 2003
New Scientist - Earth's volcanism linked to meteorite impacts - 11th December 2002
New Scientist - Wind-up - 23rd November 2002
The Independent - A worm's eye view of the Incas - 4th November 2002
The Guardian - Good Copse, Bad Copse - 31st October 2002
The Guardian - Dechiphering the Sparks - 12th September 2002
The Guardian - Trees that bite the dust - 15th August 2002
New Scientist - Immunising the stock market - 10th August 2002
New Scientist - Killer Blow - 4th May 2002
New Scientist - Deep Secrets - 20th April 2002
UCL Newletter - Raymond Briggs - March/April 2002
The Guardian - Slip sliding down the peaks - February 7th 2002
New Scientist - Songs before the storm - November 17th 2001
UCL Newsletter - It's in the blood - November/December 2001
BMC Summit magazine - Ancient Secrets - Issue 23, Autumn 2001
UCL Newsletter - Shopping thieves - September/October 2001
New Scientist - Hell on wheels - 19th July 2001
UCL Newsletter - Satellite to map polar ice - July/August 2001
UCL Newsletter - Good Sports - July/August 2001
The Daily Telegraph - Paint your wagon like a beetle - 31st January 2001
Sunday Business - Traders mind games - 10th December 2000
The Daily Telegraph - Go green, save cash - stay cool in a jam - 25th October 2000
The Daily Telegraph - Bones reveal a classy Roman diet - 23rd August 2000
New Scientist/Wellcome Trust Millennial Science Essay competiton - Fossilised Weather Forecasts
NERC News - Leaf Shapes and Climate Change
Rockwatch - A Pepperpot's Tale
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