20/08/2026
Our Dr Jonny Paul was interviewed by The Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty this week about the ongoing drought in southern England. You can read Aditya's piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/20/hot-summer-wet-winter-welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-whiplash. Or even better, buy a print copy! Ironically it rained a little bit in Egham today. But we will need much, much more, over a sustained period, to replenish our rivers and aquifers ......
20/08/2026
Our Dr Jonny Paul was interviewed by The Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty this week about the ongoing drought in southern England. You can read Aditya's piece here
10/08/2026
Royal Holloway Earth Sciences Community: Jonathan Paul, Associate Professor and Admissions Tutor. Jonny teaches courses in hydrogeology and geophysics, and leads the first field course (straight after Welcome Week in September), to Devon. “I have worked in four different Earth Science departments across the UK – Royal Holloway is easily the best in terms of student experience. The main problem we have is that our students don’t want to leave us at the end of their degree.”
06/08/2026
Royal Holloway Earth Sciences Community: James Brakeley, Geochemistry technician. James keeps our various lab spaces running smoothly, helps out with student projects, and sometimes comes on our field courses. “There are so many different things going on in the Department and I really like being involved in as many different projects as possible. I spent this morning analysing river water samples for heavy metals, and am now measuring uranium isotopes in a core of chalk, in order to predict past climate changes.”
06/08/2026