
Media highlights
2022
Coverage of new findings showing long-distance travel of kelp rafts around the Southern Ocean: featured as a ‘Research Highlight’in Nature; also featured by various media outlets including Otago Daily Times; ZME Science;
2021
Media coverage / interviews relating to my Beachcombing popular science book, including in newspapers and radio (RNZ and regional stations).
Coverage of news of new kelp pathogen discovered in New Zealand: The Scientist
2018
JULY
Coverage of research recording kelp surfing to Antarctica (the longest biological rafting events ever recorded) on IFLS, News.com.au, ScienceDaily, The Australian, SBS, ABC radio (various, e.g. The World Today, ABC Sydney [1:20-1:29]), WIN TV, SkyTG24, Europa Press, Cosmos, NZ Herald, E&E News, Daily Mail UK, Tunis Daily News, Science Global News, and more.
2017
SEPTEMBER
ABC News coverage of discovery of DNA from Antarctic geothermal caves. Also covered by BBC News, Japan Times, Australian Geographic, Cosmos magazine, Times of India, IFLS, Forbes and more.
AUGUST
ABC National Radio interview on earthquake and Antarctic volcano research, with Robyn Williams, The Science Show, 19 August.
MAY
RadioNZ interview on second field trip to survey changes along earthquake-uplifted coasts in New Zealand.
2016
NOVEMBER
RadioNZ interview on field trip to sample uplifted kelp in the wake of the Kaikoura quake.
AUGUST
Media coverage of Crid's ACT Scientist of the Year award on ABC online news and ABC TV news, in The Canberra Times and the Sydney Morning Herald, and several other news outlets.
MAY
Science Daily coverage of kelp rafts near Polar Front, May 2016: click here; reposted on >20 other online news sites, including Phys.org.
Cosmos magazine article on kelp rafts near Polar Front, May 2016: click here
Other coverage of kelp rafts near Polar Front in China.org, Canberra Times, Sydney Morning Herald
2015
British Antarctic Survey coverage of Antarctic biodiversity Nature paper: click here
Science Daily coverage of Antarctic biodiversity Nature paper: click here
2014
National Geographic article on Antarctic volcano research, March 2014: click here
ABC coverage on Antarctic volcano research, March 2014: click here
including TV news interview: click here
Radio New Zealand interview on Antarctic volcanoes: click here
Various articles on Antarctic volcano research, March 2014, in, e.g., the Los Angeles Times, Canberra Times, The Australian, NBC News, Science Daily ...
2010
ScienceNOW [online news page of Science journal]. Kelp Raft Carries Marine Stowaways Hundreds of Kilometers. Author: Cassandra Willyard. September 2010.
- Shorter version published in print in Science
Australian Geographic. Sea creatures set sail on rafts of kelp. Author: Julian Swallow. September 2010
ABC Science. Stowaways found hitching ride on seaweed. Author: Katherine Nightingale. September 2010
2009
Reuters. Kelp genetics reveals Ice Age climate clues. Author: David Fogarty. February 2009
New Zealand Geographic. The DNA of climate change. Author: Bruce Munroe. May-June 2009, p 78-79.
Cosmos. Last Ice Age colder than we thought. Author: Gillian Shaw. February 2009
New Zealand National Radio [interview]. Bull Kelp. Interview conducted by: Alison Ballance. January 2009