Publications
2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Reversing proves a
tricky manoeuvre
- 22nd May 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: When
swallows fly high, the weather will be dry
- 20th May 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Why is the black
crowberry heading north?
- 3rd May 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: Making
a splash for umbrella manufacturers
- 29th April 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Development,
pollution and dredging threaten seagrass more than climate change
- 27th April 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Kalahari Desert could
dust up Southern Ocean
- 26th April 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: Wind
delayed first woman's flight across Channel
- 15th April 2012
BBC
Focus magazine
- The end of malaria: could we finally be close to eradicating this deadly disease?
- Spring 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: March
sometimes has a sting in its tail
- 19th March 2012
New
Scientist
- Plant blooms after
30,000 years in permafrost
- 20th February 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: Dirty
glaciers melt faster than clean glaciers
- 19th February 2012
New
Scientist
- Mystery Booms: The
source of a worldwide sonic enigma
- 16th February 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- “No time to
waste” on transition to green energy
- 16th February 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Are China's greens
set to turn to brown?
- 30th January 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: Winters
in northern hemisphere set to get colder
- 22nd January 2012
Environmental
Research Web
- Global warming set to
bring colder, snowier winters
- 13th January 2012
The
Guardian
- Weatherwatch: The
Föhn effect and winter warmth in Wales
- 4th January 2012
Archaeology
- Top discoveries of
2011: Viking Boat Burial - Ardnamurchan, Scotland
- January/February 2012
2011
New
Scientist
- Mental problems gave
early humans an edge
- 7th November 2011
BBC
Focus magazine
- Last Man Standing
- Summer 2011
2010
New
Scientist
- Christmas trees could
make great green fuel
- 27th December 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Stonehenge Built With
Balls? - 10th December 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- "Fake Diamond" Star
Discovered - 8th December 2010
New
Scientist
- Cloud lasers: Hunting
quantum secrets in the skies
- 24th November 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- First Fishing Bat
Discovered in Europe
- 23rd November 2010
The
Independent
- None flew over the
cuckoo's nest: A world without birds
- 15th November 2010
New
Scientist
- Surveyor seals reveal
secrets of Antarctic depths
- 8th November 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Bejeweled Stonehenge
Boy Came From Mediterranean?
- 13th October 2010
New
Scientist
- A warming world could
leave cities flattened
- 13th October 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Nobel Prize in
Medicine Awarded for In Vitro Fertilization
- 4th October 2010
New
Scientist
- Volcano breath test
promises eruption early warning
- 20th September 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- New Species of Giant
Elephant Shrew Discovered?
- 20th September 2010
New
Scientist
- Add salt as required:
the recipe for fresh water
- 11th August 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- "Thor's Hammer" Found
in Viking Graves
- 10th Aug 2010
New
Scientist
- Reptilians were the
earliest North American pioneers
- 30th July 2010
New
Scientist
- Military power law:
The equations of body counts
- 28th July 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Proton Smaller Than
Thought - May Rewrite Laws of Physics
- 7th July 2010
Archaeology
- Letter from Finland:
Bouncing Back from the Ice Age
- July/August 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- World's Oldest
Leather Shoe Found - Stunningly Preserved
- 9th June 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Sticky Rice Holds
Ancient Chinese Buildings Together
- 8th June 2010
New
Scientist
- Innovation: Bringing
biogas to book
- 31st May 2010
New
Scientist
- Icelandic volcano's
ash blanket was electric
- 27th May 2010
New
Scientist
- Dents in Earth's
gravitational field due to plumes
- 9th May 2010
New
Scientist
- Deepwater Horizon:
scrutiny falls on the blowout preventer
- 4th May 2010
The
Daily Telegraph
- After the volcano...
the threat of further natural disasters
- 26th April 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Lightning creates
particle accelerators above Earth
- 20th April 2010
New
Scientist
- Blame the volcano
trouble on sun and global warming
- 19th April 2010
New
Scientist
- Get ready for decades
of Icelandic fireworks
- 16th April 2010
The
Daily Telegraph
- Boom! Why we should
all be afraid of volcanoes
- 16th April 2010
New
Scientist
- Supervolcano: How
humanity survived its darkest hour
- 14th April 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- "Biggest" comet
measured
- 13th April 2010
New
Scientist
- Mathematics of
ancient carvings reveals lost language
- 1st April 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- New "Roadrunner"
Dinosaur Found In China
- 31st March 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Saturn Moon Has
Surprisingly 'Slushy' Insides
- 11th March 2010
New
Scientist
- Oldest writing found
on 60,000 year old eggshells
- 3rd March 2010
New
Scientist
- Why the Chile tsunami
was smaller than feared
- 1st March 2010
New
Scientist
- Volcanic explosions
expected in Chile quake's wake
- 1st March 2010
New
Scientist
- Arctic ice-arches in
peril
- 26th February 2010
New
Scientist
- The writing on the
cave wall
- 17th February 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- NASA satellites track
vanishing groundwater
- 17th February 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Save The Ozone Layer,
Give Global Warming a Boost?
- 27th January 2010
New
Scientist
- Powerful aftershock
rattles Haiti
- 20th January 2010
New
Scientist
- Why the Haiti quake
killed so many
- 19th January 2010
New
Scientist
- Caribbean at risk of
more large earthquakes
- 15th January 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Cleopatra's Eye
Makeup Warded Off Infections?
- 14th January 2010
National
Geographic Daily News
- Isacc Newton: Who He
Was, Why Google Apples Are Falling
- 4th January 2010
Archaeology
magazine
- Top 10 discoveries of
2009: Anglo Saxon Hoard - Staffordshire, England
- January/February 2010
2009
New
Scientist
-
Mega-flood filled the Mediterranean in months
- 9th December 2009
New
Scientist
-
Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months
- 11th November 2009
New
Scientist
-
How Green is your pet?
- 23rd October 2009
National Geographic Green Guide -
Greenwashing: Avoiding Eco-Hype
- 15th October 2009
National Geographic -
Volcanoes wiped out all forests 250 million years ago
- 6th October 2009
National Geographic -
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for cracking DNA puzzle
- 5th October 2009
National Geographic - Largest
Comet Outburst sent 'mimi comets' flying
- 16th September 2009
National Geographic - Global
warming could cool N. America in a few decades?
- 14th September 2009
National Geographic - London's
oldest 'boardwalk' found?
- 17th August 2009
New
Scientist - Arctic
Ocean may be polluted soup by 2070
- 6th August 2009
The Guardian -
Weatherwatch - Captain Cook
- 17th July 2009
New
Scientist - Lightning may have cooked dinner for early life - 13 July
2009
The Guardian -
Weatherwatch - Hayfever
- 9th July 2009
National Geographic - Humans
can learn to 'see' with sound, study says
- 6th July 2009
Guardian
- Weatherwatch - Heat stroke - Thursday 2 July 2009
New
Scientist - Ozone hole has unforeseen effect on ocean carbon sink - 26
June 2009
New
Scientist - Leafing Las Vegas: Health dangers of city plants
revealed - 18 June 2009
New
Scientist - Mystery of frost flower growth explained - 20
May 2009
National Geographic Green Guide - Do
carbon offsets do more damage than good?
- 19th May 2009
New
Scientist - Molecule of life emerges from laboratory slime -
13
May 2009
New
Scientist - Salt
solution: Cheap
power from the river's mouth - 25 February 2009
New
Scientist - Cooking hearths largely to blame for Asian haze
- 22
January 2009
New
Scientist - More polar bears going hungry - 01 January 2009
2008
National
Geographic News - Global Warming Threatens Lemmings in Norway
-
5th November 2008
Archaeology
- Witches of Cornwall - November/December 2008
National
Geographic News - Biggest Dinosaurs Grew Huge by Not Chewing
Their
Food - 9th October 2008
National
Geographic News - Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded for Glowing
Protein
Work - 8th October 2008
National
Geographic News - "Jet Man" Crosses English Channel Like a
Human
Rocket - 26th September 2008
National
Geographic News - "Jet Man" to Set Flight Record Over English
Channel - 24th September 2008
New
Scientist - Unknown Earth: Our planet's seven biggest
mysteries
(Why does Earth have plate tectonics?, What is at the centre of the
Earth?, and Can we predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?)
-
24th September 2008
National
Geographic News - Iran Sinking as Groundwater Resources
Disappear
- 22nd September 2008
National
Geographic News - Neanderthals Grew Fast, but Sexual Maturity
Came
Late - 8th September 2008
The
Guardian - Is summer really over? - 1st September
2008
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
2007
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
2006
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
2005
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
2004
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
2003
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
2002
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
2001
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
2000
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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