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Microbial ecology beneath the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica: 

View of sea ice from the plain on the way to Scott Base

Water pump used to collect samples from borehole

Press related to our work at the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. A hot-water drill was used to create a borehole through hundreds of meters of ice before water samples were collected. Work is published in Nature Communications

• https://theconversation.com/in-the-dark-freezing-ocean-under-antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-we-discovered-a-thriving-microbial-jungle-175735
• https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/127466389/nz-scientists-discover-microscopic-marine-life-in-antarctica
• https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/life-discovered-beneath-ross-ice-shelf
• https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago836590.html
• https://bahamas.kivazen.com/nz-scientists-discover-microscopic-marine-life-in-antarctica/
• https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/media/news/microbe-communities-discovered-under-antarcticas-ross-ice-shelf
• https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/team-heading-south-some-cold-hard-facts
• https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago668543.html

Video and link from National Geographic about our expedition to Antarctica 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyjt5zpNAeg
• https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-long-haul/

Related research

• https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-explore-hidden-ocean-beneath-antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-90006

Profile of PhD student Cecilia Wang:

• https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/postgraduate/otago832822.html?fbclid=IwAR0Mp9_gNGtw1p11o1peoKvdgz1jtEDJj1agn8EoWGnU5DcEQXOIFu5Bk3o

Press for a lab publication on methane production pathways in ruminants:

• https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/114095266/bacteria-key-to-reducing-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-sheep
• https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-life-other/research-shows-why-some-stock-create-more-methane
• https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-zealand-scientists-lead-way-global-breakthrough-in-methane-reduction
• https://www.marketscreener.com/news/University-of-Otago-Scientists-discover-processes-to-lower-methane-emissions-from-animals--28842793/
• https://phys.org/news/2019-07-scientists-methane-emissions-animals.html
• https://www.sciencecodex.com/scientists-discover-processes-lower-methane-emissions-animals-628717
• https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago713939.html
• http://7thspace.com/headlines/887827/scientists_discover_processes_to_lower_methane_emissions_from_animals.html
• https://vetpracticemag.com.au/how-to-lower-animal-methane-emissions/ 

Presentation on the use of Innovative Agricultural Microbiomes as part of Our Land and Water National Science Challenges Symposium, August 2019

• https://vetpracticemag.com.au/how-to-lower-animal-methane-emissionshttps://vimeo.com/356119195

Profile of PhD student's Scott Lockwood's work with NESI: 

• https://www.nesi.org.nz/case-studies/providing-global-context-marine-methane-paradox

Press on Lake Ellesmere research

• https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagomagazine/issue39/inbrief/otago080222.html

PI profile in news

• https://www.elnuevodia.com/ciencia-ambiente/otros/notas/microbiologo-boricua-planta-bandera-en-universidad-de-nueva-zelanda/