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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