RICE Media & Outreach

We are always eager to discuss our work with schools, media and the broader public. Here you can find a summary of our media coverage as well as ongoing public engagement efforts. 

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Media Coverage & Project Summaries

• New Zealand Herald, 05 May 2018, interview by Jamie Morton including Nancy Bertler. When warm winds blow in Antarctica's dark, freezing winter
• New Zealand Herald, 05 Nov 2017, interview by Jamie Morton with Nancy Bertler, Richard Levy, Jocelyn Turnbull, Alarming climate report bodes badly for Paris goals - NZ scientists.
• New Zealand Herald, 14 July 2017, interview by Jamie Morton with Nancy Bertler ‘Q&A: Antarctica’s new trillion-tonne iceberg’, 
• New Zealand Herald, 12 July 2017, interview by Jamie Morton with Nancy Bertler on ‘Kiwi scientists help build ‘goldmine’ climate database,
• National Radio, Interview Blog by Jacob McSweny with Nancy Bertler on ‘Huge new climate database charts 2000 years of temperature’, 12 July 2017,
• TVNZ Breakfast, 12 July 2017, Interview by Jack Tame with Nancy Bertler on ‘Climate Data Treasure Chest’
• Education Today, 01 Aug 2016, page 12 – Breaking the Ice. Interview with N.Bertler
• The Dominion Post, 22 June 2016, Big success for Antarctic Research Team with N.Bertler, R.McKay and N.Golledge on three Rutherford Discovery Fellows in the Antarctic Research Centre, page 20
• N.Bertler – A page in the Ice Diary in: Rebecca Priestley (ed): Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, Awa Press, 456p. February 2016
• The Otago Daily Times with N.Bertler by Jamie Morton – On Thin Ice, The Weekend Mix, Sunday, 04 July 2015, pages 8-10
• The NZ Herald, Q&A with N.Bertler by Jamie Morton - Q&A: Antarctica - our big icy threat, 28 June 2015, 
• The NZ Herald, interview with Tim Naish and Nancy Bertler by Jamie Morton, 11 June 2015, What causes ancient oceans to rise? 
• Dominion Post, interview with N.Bertler by Michael Forbes South Island’s Everest-like chill nothing compared to -36C in Lower Hutt, 24/06/2015, A5, including online video
• Hutt News – interview with N.Bertler by James Chapp “Dr. Bertler’s fascination with Ice”, page 2 and 5, 07 April 2015 and background information to ‘Time to Take battle with the Sea seriously’ page 7
• TV3 Firstline interview with N.Bertler by Michael Wilson on sea level rise and implications for New Zealand, 28 Nov 2014
• TVNZ interview with N.Bertler and T.Naish by Will Hine for TV News, 6pm, 28 Aug 2014 on abrupt sea level rise with footage from RICE field work
• The NZ Herald interview with N.Bertler by Jamie Morton - Kiwis in Antarctica: Secrets of the ice world – Buried Climate Clues, 18 Aug 2014, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11310259
• NZ Geographic, The Cold Hard Truth by Vaughan Yarwood, interview with Brian Anderson, Nancy Bertler on changes in New Zealand Glaciers and Antarctic Ice Sheets, Issue 127, May-June 2014
• National Radio, Our Changing World, 08 August 2013, Interview with Nancy Bertler and Peter Neff (VUW/GNS PhD student) by Alison Ballance on “Melting ice cores from the RICE Project”
• RICE Video  explains the scientific aim of the project and follows the ice from Antarctica to the National Ice Core Facility at NIC. 
• The Nelson Mail, 19 January 2013, Ancient ice cores begin journey north, interview with Nancy Bertler on RICE by Anna Pearson
• The New Zealand Herald, 06 April 2013, Associated Press, Antarctic team digs deep to predict climate future, interview with Nancy Bertler on RICE by Nick Perry and Rod McGuirk (Associated Press)
  • The Washington Guardian: http://www.washingtonguardian.com/antarctic-team-digs-deep-predict-climate-future
  • Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-team-digs-deep-predict-climate-future-121909842.html
  • Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/06/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future-as-frozen-continent-becomes/
  • USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/06/antarctic-team-climate-future/2058583/
  • ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/antarctic-team-digs-deep-predict-climate-future/comments?type=story&id=18895382
  • Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-future-sea-levels-as-frozen-continent-becomes-research-hub/2013/04/04/79778274-9d69-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
  • Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020721941_apasantarcticaicecores.html?syndication=rss
  • Bloomberg Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-06/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future
  • Today Online: http://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/science/antarctic-team-digs-deep-predict-climate-future
  • Vox6 News: http://www.vox6.com/news/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future
  • wsbtv.com: http://www.wsbtv.com/ap/ap/international/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future/pqjYx/
  • one news page: http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Front+Page/74vspo030/Antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future.htm
  • The Africa News: http://www.theafricanews.net/index.php/sid/213650783/scat/c08dd24cec417021
  • NewsDaily: http://www.newsdaily.com/article/6b3363d64828556a7e9ab7fcfa2f038a/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future
  • Lenovo: http://startpage.lenovo.com/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap-antarctic_team_digs_deep_to_predict_clim-ap
  • Times Live – South Africa: http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2013/04/06/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-protect-climate-future
  • World News Today – Montenegro: http://www.world-news.me/news/news/Antarctic+team+digs+deep+predict+climate+future/8206332/story.html?wnetloc=theprovince_com&key=PA4c72Zc
  • DecaPostWorld: http://www.decapost.com/world/2013/04/06/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future_s_21102439.html
  • Physics Org: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-antarctic-team-deep-climate-future.html
  • Science Technology Today: http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Antarctic-Team-Digs-Deep-in-Ice/story.xhtml?story_id=020001ZH23YS&full_skip=1
  • Economic Times – India: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/science-technology/scientists-dig-into-antarctic-ice-to-understand-warming/slideshow/19413176.cms
  • Top News Today: http://us.topnewstoday.org/us/article/5364193/
  • TrivalleyCentral: http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/world_news/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future/article_4c64e9ee-a06a-11e2-9544-001a4bcf887a.html
  • e!Science News: http://esciencenews.com/sources/physorg/2013/04/06/antarctic.team.digs.deep.predict.climate.future
  • Dayton Daily News: http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/ap/ap/international/antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future/pqjY7/
  • I4U News: http://www.i4u.com/2013/04/xi-jinping/future-continent-predict-hub-deep-antarctic-climate-becomes-frozen-team-res

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• The Dominion Post, 26 January 2013, Core blimey – science drill up answers. Interview with Nancy Bertler on RICE, by Anna Pearson, A19
• National Radio, Checkpoint, 26 January 2013, Interview with Nancy Bertler by Mary Wilson on RICE
• TV3 news, 22 December 2012, Interview with Nancy Bertler and Tim Naish on RICE by Emma Jolliff 
• National Radio, 12 July 2012, Nancy Bertler on RICE, interviewed by Veronika Meduna, Our Changing World - The Antarctic RICE Project. Ice cores collected from Roosevelt Island hold secrets to how ice sheets could melt in a warming world (16′27″)

The Wellingtonian: Rebecca Pyne's cool job shipping Antarctic ice to the world

New Zealand Herald: Kiwis In Antarctica: Secrets of the ice world

Antarctic Sun: U.S., Kiwi scientists team up to look at stability of ice shelf

NZ Stuff: Ancient ice cores begin journey north

Radio New Zealand News Report: Ice core success in Ross Sea

Christian Science Monitor: Antarctic ice samples: What do they say about global warming?

Antarctica New Zealand Project Summary: K049: RICE: Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution project 

University of Maine Climate Change Institute: Roosevelt Climate Evolution

Curtin University: Students experience Antarctica to explore fire impact on global climate

Thin Ice Climate: Chief scientist Nancy Bertler features in climate science documentary Thin Ice. 

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RICE Field Blog

Check out our RICE field blog from the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 field seasons.

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RICE Project Video

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General Information

On occasion, we can provide tours of the ice core facility located at GNS Science in Gracefield, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Please note these tours are only offered to small student groups, visiting researchers and media. As this is a working facility, including a clean laboratory, we cannot guarantee the ability to visit our facility. Please use the contact form below to lodge your enquiry. 

For media requests, please contact us.