Media

Research Engineer & Post Doctoral Fellow

2023 – Icefin, Nature Articles on Thwaites Glacier

• New York Times, “Scientists Get a Close-Up Look Beneath a Troubling Ice Shelf in Antarctica”, (Feb 2023). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/climate/thwaites-antarctica-melting-robot.html

• BBC, “Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier at mercy of sea warmth increase”, (Feb 2023). https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64640796

• Washington Post, “Warming oceans are carving vast trenches into Thwaites glacier”, (Feb 2023). https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/15/glacier-ice-melt-ocean-warming/

• Nature, “Glimpse beneath iconic glacier reveals how it’s adding to sea-level rise”, (Feb 2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00459-6 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00459-6)
• Nature, “High variability reveals complexity under Thwaites Glacier”, (Feb 2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00395-5 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00395-5)
• Wired, “A Robot Finds More Trouble Under the Doomsday Glacier”, (Feb 2023). https://www.wired.com/story/a-robot-finds-more-trouble-under-the-doomsday-glacier/
• NBC News, “Scientists take a peek below Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’”, (Feb 2023). https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/scientists-take-peek-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-rcna70064
• Smithsonian Magazine, “A Rare Look Below the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Reveals Surprising Melting”, (Feb 2023). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-look-below-the-doomsday-glacier-reveals-surprising-melting-180981657/
• Popular Science, “A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier”, (Feb 2023). https://www.popsci.com/technology/icefin-robot-thwaites-glacier/
• Axios, “Thwaites Glacier findings reveal clues about Antarctic ice melt”, (Feb 2023). https://www.axios.com/2023/02/16/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica-sea-level-rise
• CNN, “So-called Doomsday Glacier is ‘in trouble,’ scientists say after finding surprising formations under ice shelf”, (Feb 2023). https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/world/thwaites-doomsday-glacier-sea-level-climate-intl/index.html

2022-2023 – Icefin, Kamb Ice Stream

• The Conversation, “Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise”, (Feb 2022). https://theconversation.com/exploring-antarcticas-hidden-under-ice-rivers-and-their-role-in-future-sea-level-rise-176456
• Wall Street Journal, “Take A Plunge Under Antarcticas Ice, With Robots”, (March 2023). https://www.wsj.com/story/take-a-plunge-under-antarcticas-ice-with-robots-f25b99d5

2022 – Icefin, HIPSMI

• Antarctica New Zealand, “The hippest supercool science on Earth”, (Jan 2022). https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/media/news/the-hippest-supercool-science-on-earth
• Newshub, “Kiwi-led Antarctic HiPSMI project hoped to help with climate change understanding”, (Jan 2022). https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/01/kiwi-led-antarctic-hipsmi-project-hoped-to-help-with-climate-change-understanding.html

2020-2022 – Icefin, Thwaites International Glacier Collaboration, ‘MELT’ Team

• BBC Natural History Unit, Frozen Planet II, Episode 6, “Our Frozen Planet”
• BBC, “Antarctica melting: Climate change and the journey to the ‘doomsday glacier’”, (Jan 2020). Article & Videos. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51097309

• BBC, “Could you handle the most remote campsite on earth?”, (Feb 2020). Video. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-51333191

• PBS NewsHour, “A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’” (Feb 2020). Article & Videos. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/visiting-the-most-vulnerable-place-on-earth-the-doomsday-glacier

• New York Times, ‘Temperatures at a Florida-Size Glacier in Antarctica Alarm Scientists’, (Jan 2020). Article. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/climate/thwaites-glacier-melting-antarctica.html
• Washington Post, “Unprecedented data confirms that Antarctica’s most dangerous glacier is melting from below”, (Jan 2020). Article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/01/30/unprecedented-data-confirm-that-antarcticas-most-dangerous-glacier-is-melting-below/
• The Atlantic, “The New Video of One of the Scariest Places on Earth”, (Jan 2020). Article. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/watch-video-one-worlds-most-important-places/605731/
• Science, “Warm waters revealed at base of menacing glacier”, (Feb 2020). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.367.6478.606
• The Guardian, “Submarine to explore why Antarctic glacier is melting so quickly”, (Dec 2019). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/28/submarine-to-explore-why-antarctic-glacier-is-melting-so-quickly
• PBS NOVA, “Scientists find warm water beneath Antarctica’s most at-risk glacier”, (April 2020). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/warm-water-found-beneath-thwaites-glacier-antarctica/
• Wired, “How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier”, (Jan 2022). https://www.wired.com/story/how-explosives-a-robot-and-a-sled-expose-a-doomsday-glacier/
• EOS, “Diagnosing Thwaites”, (Jan 2020). https://eos.org/features/diagnosing-thwaites

2019 – Icefin

• Wall Street Journal, “Under Antarctica’s Ice, Scientists Practice Exploring Space With Robots”, (April 2019). https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/under-antarctica-ice-scientists-practice-exploring-space-with-robots/94B78439-DE61-4FD6-ADD9-CB92F77C747D

• PBS, “Exploring Antarctica’s Threatened Glaciers (with a Robot)”, (March 2020). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/antarctic-extremes-thwaits-icefin-threatened-glaciers/

• Public Radio International, “Antarctic robot might lead way to life beyond Earth”, (Sept 2019). https://theworld.org/stories/2019-09-02/arctic-robot-might-lead-way-life-beyond-earth

• Georgia Institute of Technology, “Exploring Under-Ice Marine Environments”, (March 2019). https://cos.gatech.edu/article/andrew-mullen

Graduate Student

2016 – Benthic Underwater Microscope

• New York Times, “Seafloor Microscope Zooms In on Tiniest Bits of Coral”, (July 2016). Feature ‘Science Take’ Video & Online Article. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/science/seafloor-microscope-coral.html

• Washington Post, “Watch incredible microscopic video of corals kissing, growing and fighting (July 2016). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/12/this-incredible-underwater-microscope-shows-stunning-corals-like-youve-never-seen-them-before/

• Time, “New Microscope Shows Coral Colonies Kissing, Fighting and Eating”, (July 2016). https://time.com/4406312/coral-colonies-microscope-kissing-eating-fighting/

• Physics Today, “Underwater microscope brings marine life into focus”, (Sept 2016). Print Article & Magazine Cover. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3284

• Scientific American, “Eyes in the Deep”, (2016). Print & Online Article.
  Print: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26047255?seq=2
  Online: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-coral-reef-rsquo-s-battle-for-survival-is-revealed-by-a-new-microscope/

• Microscopy Today, “2017 Microscopy Today Innovation Awards”, (Sept 2017). Print Article. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1551929517000840

• Nature, “Microscope can see under the sea”, (July 2016). Print Article, Nature Research Highlights. https://doi.org/10.1038/535327b
• Popular Mechanics, “The Underwater Microscope That Can Survive on the Ocean Floor”, (Sept 2016). Print & Online Article. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a22392/underwater-microscope/
• Popular Science, “New Microscope Lets Scientists See Living Corals Dancing Underwater”, (July 2016). Print & Online Article. http://www.popsci.com/new-microscope-lets-scientists-see-living-corals-dancing-underwater
• BBC, “Microscope observes life of the ocean floor” (July 2016). http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36785883
• Los Angeles Times, “Underwater microscope catches corals dancing in their natural habitat”, (July 2016). http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-underwater-microscope-corals-20160712-snap-story.html
• The Conversation, “Underwater microscope provides new views of ocean-floor sea creatures in their natural setting”, (July 2016). https://theconversation.com/underwater-microscope-provides-new-views-of-ocean-floor-sea-creatures-in-their-natural-setting-62265
• PBS News Hour, “New underwater microscope films kissing and fighting corals like never before”, (July 2016). http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/new-underwater-microscope-films-kissing-fighting-corals-like-never/
• KPBS,” San Diego Scientists Take Coral Reef Close-Ups With New Underwater Microscope”, (July 2016). http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/jul/12/san-diego-scientists-take-coral-reef-close-ups-new/
• MIT Technology Review, “Underwater Microscope Uncovers the Secret Lives of Coral Reefs in Danger”, (2016). https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601892/underwater-microscope-uncovers-the-secret-lives-of-coral-reefs-in-danger/
• Wall Street Journal, “Underwater Microscope Reveals Secrets of Deep Sea”, (July 2016). http://www.wsj.com/video/underwater-microscope-reveals-secrets-of-deep-sea/48E793FD-7A53-424B-A21F-CAFFCDF3583A.html
• National Geographic, ”’Kissing’ Corals Filmed in the Wild for the First Time”, (July 2016). https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/kissing-coral-reefs-filmed-in-wild
• New Scientist, “Watch the first ever footage of wild coral kissing and fighting”, (2016). https://www.newscientist.com/article/2096572-watch-the-first-ever-footage-of-wild-coral-kissing-and-fighting/
• Smithsonian, “Watch Corals in Action With New Underwater Microscope”, (July2016). http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-corals-action-new-underwater-microscope-180959800/?no-ist
• AAAS Science Update,” Corals in Focus”, (July 2016). http://www.scienceupdate.com/2016/07/corals-in-focus/
• Additional coverage by: Wired, Live Science, Discover Magazine, Time, and more including a variety of non-English articles.

2015 – Benthic Underwater Microscope

• Australian Broadcasting Company, “In Hot Water”, (Nov 2015). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-27/global-reef-bleaching-leaving-behind-coral-graveyards/6972150