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15th September 2008. NIWA generated a media
release on describing some results from the 2008 end of summer snow line
survey. See http://www.niwa.cri.nz/news/mr/2008/2008-09-15 for details.
June 30th 2008. Jamie Shulmeister featured
in national radio and newspapers about his research regarding the Waiho
Loop moraines and the ciated glacial advance originating from a land
slide event. This new theory reduces the significance of the moraines
with regard palaeoclimate research. Press
release.
28th April 2008. Martin Brook hit the
national media (radio, newspaper and TV) following his media release
about the rate of retreat of the Tasman Glacier. See http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms//Massey%20News/Massey%20News%20print/2008/pdf/MN0508.pdf
NIWA generated a media release on 18th
November describing some results from the 2007 end of summer snow line
survey. See http://www.niwascience.co.nz/news/mr/2007/2007-11-18-2
for details.
Heather Purdie wrote an article for the New Zealand Alpine
Club quarterly magazine “The Climber” spring 2007 issue,
outlining her research on the Tasman Glacier. A copy of The Climber can
be purchased at most book and outdoor stores.
The large snow measurement field effort carried out by
Martyn Clark and Jordy Hendrikx and friends on the 21st of
September featured in the Otago Daily Times on the 29th of
September 2007 http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2007,09,29,31,03100,d888c9f9d88ac41cb6bd0e34eaa33f6c§=4
And then again on TV3 news on the 1st of
October 2007 http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/WeatherEnvironmentNews/Story/tabid/422/articleID/35927/Default.aspx
Wendy Lawson was quoted by The Christchurch Press in
late July 2007 regarding a recent article in Nature by Mark Meier about the importance of
glaciers to sea level rise http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4141653a7693.html
Andrew Mackintosh featured in the media in late June
2007 following publication of his Geology paper which commented on
Antarctic ice melt as a response to sea level rise: News articles
appeared in Geology,
New
Scientist and Nature,
as well as an article from the Associated
Press appeared in more than 80 newspapers globally. He was also
interviewed on Radio New Zealand: mp3 sound
file.
Jordy Hendrikx was interviewed by TV3 in late May 2007
for his comments on the lack of snow for the 2007 ski season http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/Default.aspx?ArticleID=27859
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