Record floods bring chaos to Dubai – Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images In the summer of 2017, a delegation of visitors from the United Arab Emirates flew to the Berkshire town of Reading. They had come not for a sightseeing tour but to explore how scientists at the university were making progress on the small matter… Read More »
As the Arctic warms, its major rivers are changing in ways that could have major consequences not only for the Arctic region but for the world as well. Rivers represent the land arm of the earth’s hydrological cycle. As rain and snow fall, rivers carry freshwater runoff as well as dissolved organic and particulate materials,… Read More »
The Atacama Desert, located in the north of Chile, is not an ordinary arid region. Stretching 600 miles (965 km) along the Pacific Coast of South America, it is one of the most extreme landscapes on the planet. Thanks to certain ocean conditions, there are areas that have experienced no precipitation throughout recorded history, making… Read More »