FRASER LAB

Media highlights

 

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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.

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2017

 

   SEPTEMBER

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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

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ABC National Radio interview on earthquake and Antarctic volcano research, with Robyn Williams, The Science Show, 19 August.

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    MAY

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RadioNZ interview on second field trip to survey changes along earthquake-uplifted coasts in New Zealand.

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2016

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   NOVEMBER

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RadioNZ interview on field trip to sample uplifted kelp in the wake of the Kaikoura quake.

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   AUGUST

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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.

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   MAY

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Science Daily coverage of kelp rafts near Polar Front, May 2016: click here; reposted on >20 other online news sites, including Phys.org.

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Cosmos magazine article on kelp rafts near Polar Front, May 2016: click here

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Other coverage of kelp rafts near Polar Front in China.org, Canberra Times, Sydney Morning Herald

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2015

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British Antarctic Survey coverage of Antarctic biodiversity Nature paper: click here

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Science Daily coverage of Antarctic biodiversity Nature paper: click here

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2014

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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

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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

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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