UTIG Polar Studies in the News
- 2009
- Astronomy Colloquium - Tuesday, April 7, 2009, UT Astronomy Dept.(RLM 15.216B), 3:30 pm, "Unraveling Icy Mysteries on Mars (and Earth) through Radar Sounding"
- 2/6/2009: This Week at Casey, Australian Antarctic Division, field update
- 2/6/2009: Mapping East Antarctica's Uncharted Territory, a video interview with Jack Holt, Ice Stories - Dispatches from Polar Scientists, Exploratorium
- Hot
Science - Cool Talks Outreach Lecture Series at UT's Environmental
Science institute. Friday November 14, 2008 - 7pm CST (Live Webcast -
follow link below)
Donald Blankenship, 'Beginning the Search for Life on the Outer Planets'
Read the article in the Austin American-Statesman >> - What are the consequences of polar melting? Ginny Catania answers student questions on the Earth and Sky Radio Series (Program #5636, October 27, 2008). Listen here »
- 1/23/2009: In warming climate, which ice sheets melt first? an interview with Don Blankenship, Earth and Sky Radio Series
- 2008
- 11/13/2008 UT researcher leading Europa quest, Austin American - Statesman
- 10/30/08 - Antarctica's hidden depths to be explored (cnn.com)
- Read the ICECAP Press Relase 10/28/08 »
- What are the consequences of polar melting? Ginny Catania answers student questions on the Earth and Sky Radio Series (Program #5636, October 27, 2008). Listen here »
- Hot Science - Cool Talks Outreach
Lecture Series at UT's Environmental
Science Institute. Friday, September 5, 2008 - 7pm CST (Live Webcast -
follow link below)
Ginny Catania, 'Giant Ice Sheets Threaten Globe!?: Climate Change and the Greenland Ice Sheet
- 2007
- 5/31/07 Bröckelnde Stützen: A German Public Radio Broadcast featuring an interview with Ginny Catania
- 5/15/07 Polar-Palooza: Ginny Catania's fieldwork in Greenland to be featured in online podcast and videolog for IPY
- 3/29/07 The list below is a result of a press release from UTIG's WALSE, The West Antarctic Links to Sea-Level Estimation Workshop
- Local News Release
- Scientists Studying Antarctic Climate Change: News8, Austin, TX, featuring an interview with Ginny Catania
- Experts - Part of Antarctic ice sheet unstable: KVUE-TV, Austin, TX
- WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX
- Scientists release statement on polar ice: KUT Radio, Austin, TX
- How will Antarctic ice sheets behave?: Earth and Sky, Austin, TX
- National and International News Release
- Scientists say Antarctic ice sheet is thinning: Reuters - Houston, Canada, India, UK
- Australia
- Herlad Sun, Sudney and Melbourne
- The Sydney Morning Herald
- The Age
- The Australian
- Courier Mail
- Sunday Times
- Daily Telegraph
- The Advertiser
- The Wimmera Mail Times
- Batemans Bay/Moruya Examiner
- Blayney Chronicle
- Central Midlands and Coastal Advocat
- Milton Ulladulla Times
- Bendigo Advertiser
- Kalgoorlie Golden Mail
- Ararat Advertiser
- Ninemsn
- Brisbane Times
- The West Australian
- Advertiser Adelaide
- The Australian
- Science a GoGo
- news.com.au
- Radio Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Trend News
- India
- Zee News
- New Zealand
- TV New Zealand
- stuff.co.nz
- South Africa
- Independent Online
- Thailand
- Pattaya Daily News
- Turkey
- Sabah
- UK
- FirstScience
- United Arab Emerites
- Khaleej Times
- US
- Thinning Antarctic ice needs improved monitoring to reduce uncertainty over sea-level rise: Science Daily
- Scientists say Antarctic ice sheet is thinning: ABC News
- Scientists say Antarctic ice sheet is thinning: Scientific American
- Texas-sized Piece of Antarctica is Melting: Free Internet Press, New York
- Thinning of west Antarctic Ice Sheet Demands Improved Monitoring to Reduce Uncertainty over Potential Sea-Level Rise: YubaNet.com, California
- Experts call for improving monitoring of thinning ice sheet: DailyIndia.com, Florida
- Scientists say Antarctic ice sheet is thinning: XETV Fox6, San Diego, California
- MSNBC, Associated Press
- EurekAlert, Austin, TX
- Thinning of Antarctic Ice Alarms Scientists, Truthdig, CA
- 2/22/07 Jim Spencer's Climate Watch Report: KXAN News, Austin, TX, featuring an interview with Ginny Catania
- 2/02/07 UT Researchers Discuss Global Warming Report: KXAN News, Austin, TX, featuring UTIG's Brian Arbic, Don Blankenship, Ginny Catania, Charles Jackson, and Terry Quinn.
- 2006
- 5/23/06 Working at the 'Moulin Bleu': Studying Greenland's Ice Sheet, VECO Polar Resources Newsletter, May 23, 2pp. Interview with Ginny Catania.
- 2004
- 1/15/04 Understanding a Changing Ice Sheet: Airborne Geophysics over Deepest West Antarctica, Web Spotlight, Institute for Geophysics web site, The University of Texas at Austin.
Are you a member of the press looking for more information on current projects, interested in speaking with a UTIG scientist, or looking for an expert in a particular area of polar research? Please contact Kathy Ellins for more information.

