A few highlights
Contribution to Climate Scientists podcast episode “Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 4)” hosted by Dan Jones and Kaitlin Naughten (contribution starts at 1:02:30) (January 2021)
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in ‘five-sigma event’, as experts flag worsening consequences for planet – ABC News (July 2023)
Interview with The Project on ocean currents and climate change (July 2023)
Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans – Financial Times (August 2023)
There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice – New Scientist (March 2024)
A fairly comprehensive list, reverse chronological by month
2025, December
A climate on thin ice? Scientists study Antarctic sea ice loss, threats to climate, ecosystems and beyond – Australian Institute of Policy & Science
2025, October
Emergency in Antarctica – New Scientist podcast, The world, the universe and us
Surfboard found intact in New Zealand after being lost in Tasmania in 2024 – ABC News
Surfboard lost off Tasmania coast for over a year washes up in Raglan – 1News
Man finds surfboard that drifted 2,400km from Australia to New Zealand – and tracks down owner – The Guardian
Lost surfboard washes up nearly 1,500 miles away in New Zealand – Yahoo News
2025, September
Down at the Bottom of the World – Radio Ecoshock
Atmospheric chaos has sent temperatures soaring in Antarctica – New Scientist
Songs from the South: A cacophony of change – Public lecture given to the Royal Society of Tasmania
2025, August
2025, July
Article for The Conversation – Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us
Media coverage for my publication Impacts of Antarctic summer sea-ice extremes:
- Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing – The Guardian
- Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected – New Scientist
- What happens if Antarctica continues losing ice? – ABC Radio National
- Access to critical US satellite data lost as Antarctic sea ice drops to record lows – COSMOS Magazine
- Sea ice loss risks more icebergs, threatens wildlife – Australian Associated Press
- Trump cuts satellite data on Antarctic sea ice just as it’s needed most – The Sydney Morning Herald
- Antarctic summer sea ice: Global impacts of extreme lows – Australian Antarctic Program Partnership News
- GOING TO EXTREMES – UNDERSTANDING ANTARCTIC SEA-ICE DECLINE – Australian Antarctic Division News
2025, June
Scholarships that are helping to change the world. Part nine: Shining a light on Antarctica’s sea ice crisis – University of Oxford Giving
Royal Society of Tasmania medal for sea-ice researcher – Australian Antarctic Program Partnership News
2025, May
Interview with Mel Bush about the University of Tasmania’s new online climate course The Climate Shift: Exploring Science, Empowering Action – ABC Radio Hobart (interview starts at 2:44:24)
Article for the The Conversation – Antarctica has its own ‘shield’ against warm water – but this could now be under threat
Edward Doddridge (Class of 2004) – Path to Antarctica – The Friends’ School
2025, April
Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet – New Scientist (paywalled)
2025, March
Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future – The Guardian
2025, January
2024 Tall Poppy Policy Briefs – Australian Quarterly
2024, December
Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future – New Scientist (paywalled)
Associated video story
Climate chaos accelerated in 2024 as we hit 1.5°C for the first time – New Scientist (paywalled)
2024, November
Media coverage of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference:
2024, October
Evenings with Helen Shields – ABC Radio Hobart (interview starts at 1:29:08)
2024, September
Six UTAS scientists awarded $2.8m in federal research grants – Hobart Mercury (paywalled)
Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift – New Scientist (paywalled)
Have We Crossed the Climate Tipping Point? – Science Vs
2024, August
National Science Week Island of ideas public talk, in collaboration with the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society: Antarctic Wildlife: Skating on Thin Ice
Interview with Ryk Goddard about the National Science Week public talk – ABC Radio Hobart
6 Researchers Bag DECRA Grants – Tasmanian Times
Research awards for Antarctica in a changing climate – Australian Antarctic Program Partnership News Story
Six early-career researchers awarded over $2.8 million in competitive research grants – University of Tasmania News Story
Discussion about why bubbles form in a glass of water left overnight with Dr Karl and Lucy Breaden – ABC Radio Hobart
2024, June
“The myths, the politics, and the realities of a warming Antarctica” – Climate Community, 2xx FM
2024, May
“Very extreme”: Climate change the most reasonable explanation for record Antarctic sea ice deficit – COSMOS Magazine
2024, April
Article I wrote for the The Conversation – The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future
2024, March
Discussion about ocean temperature and global ocean circulations with Dr Karl and Lucy Breaden – ABC Radio Hobart
Antarctic Sea Ice Coverage 1978-2023 – an outreach video produced by ACCESS-NRI
The Voyage of the RV Belgica – an outreach video produced by ACCESS-NRI
There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice – New Scientist
Antarctica, Earth’s largest refrigerator, is defrosting – The Economist
2024, February
New Scientist Weekly podcast from the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024
Was This Really a 1 in 700,000,000,000 Year Event?! – Antarctic sea ice melting fast – PBS Terra
2024, January
So rot wie nie zuvor – DIE ZEIT
Earth’s hottest year was 2023. Here it is in graphs and photos – ABC News
Even Climate Scientists Weren’t Ready For 2023, And That’s a Worry – Science Alert
Article I wrote for 360info.org – Unravelling Antarctica’s sea ice puzzle
2023, December
ABC Radio Hobart – Interview about Jam and Antarctica on Tasmania Sundays with Lucie Cutting
“The Long Hot Summer: Getting Ahead of the Heatwave” Webinar series hosted by The Centre for Marine Socioecology and The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. Presentation on Day 1 “Where to access user-friendly observation and forecast information about ocean conditions?“
Here were your most read ABC News stories in 2023 – ABC News
2023, November
Delivered a briefing on Antarctic sea ice to Federal elected representatives, staffers, and public servants at Parliament House, Canberra at the invitation of the Parliamentary Antarctic Alliance.
Antarctica and the Global Climate – a lecture to the University of the Third Age, Glenorchy, Tasmania
2023, October
Vast Antarctic ice shelves shrinking as ocean warms – The Sydney Morning Herald
iHeart Tassie – How Climate Change Could Affect Our Tomato Crops – 7HOFM radio
We’ve “lost control” of West Antarctic melting – COSMOS Magazine
EXPERT REACTION: Melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may now be inevitable – Science Media Exchange (SCIMEX) Australia
Updated policy briefing “On Thin Ice v2”, access as pdf or interactive story
2023, September
The heart of the global ocean – COSMOS Magazine
Substantial media coverage of my publication Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state
Antarctica may have entered ‘new regime’ of low sea ice as global warming ramps up – The Guardian
Scientists step closer to learning why Antarctic ice has gone missing – COSMOS Magazine
Low Antarctic sea ice may be ‘new abnormal’ – ABC Radio, AM
Study finds Antarctic sea ice is in decline – ABC TV News
Scientists step closer to learning why Antarctic ice has gone missing – COSMOS Magazine
Climate change: Southern Ocean’s shrunken sea ice has entered ‘new state’ – NZ Herald
Antarctic mission confirms glacier melting from below – ABC TV News
Latest Climate Warning Sounds Alarm For Earth’s Near Future – The Project, Channel 10
Article for The Conversation – Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns
Aus der Balance – DIE ZEIT
“We have never seen a year like this” – COSMOS Magazine
2023, August
Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans – Financial Times
‘Beyond anything we imagined’: winter sea ice loss in Antarctica – ABC Radio National, Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas
Master of Ceremonies for National Science Week Island of Ideas public talk: Unsung Heroes: Southern Ocean vs. climate change. Watch here
Forecast for sea off south-east Australia spells danger for marine life – COSMOS Magazine
Breaking Down the Standard Deviation of Antarctic Sea Ice – NowThis
2023, July
ABC News story on record Antarctic sea ice anomaly:
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in ‘five-sigma event’, as experts flag worsening consequences for planet
Read and watch here
TV news segment
Radio version
Longer video of the interview
Behind the News Newsbreak (BtN is ABC’s news program for school children)
BtN Classroom Episode 20, 2023 and Teachers’ resources
Follow up interviews:
- ABC Radio Victoria
- ABC Radio Sydney
- ABC Radio Hobart
- ABC Radio South Australia and Broken Hill
The subsequent cartoon in The Saturday Paper directly referenced this story. View here
Front page article in the Hobart Mercury on Antarctic sea ice. Read here (paywalled)
The editorial was also about Antarctic sea ice and climate change. Read here (paywalled)
The political cartoon the next day featured penguins and sea ice (our policy briefing is titled “On Thin Ice”). View here
Provided comments on Antarctic sea ice for stories in German language publications:
Interview with The Project on ocean currents and climate change. Watch here
Interview with 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne. Listen here
Article on Antarctic sea ice in Libération. Read here
Article on Antarctic sea ice in Axios. Read here
Interview on Scripps News Morning Rush breakfast news.
2023, June
Delivered a briefing for Tasmanian Local, State, and Federal politicians on Antarctic sea ice loss in the Hobart Town Hall at the invitation of Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds.
Provided comments to The Guardian regarding ongoing record low Antarctic sea ice. Read here
Quoted on ABC Radio National, AM by Sabra Lane when discussing Antarctic sea ice loss with Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water. Listen here
2023, May
Interview on ABC Radio National, AM with Sabra Lane discussing Antarctic sea ice loss. Listen here
Provided comments to DIE ZEIT regarding Antarctic sea ice. Read here (paywalled)
2023, April
Article for The Conversation – Antarctica’s heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine
Follow up interview:
- ABC Radio Tasmania, Afternoons.
2023, March
Interviews about record low sea ice around Antarctica
- ABC Radio National, Drive. Listen here
- ABC Radio Sydney/Canberra, Evenings.
- Eastside FM, Sydney, Drive.
2023, January
Interview on ABC Radio Hobart, Summer Mornings discussing the sighting of a sea turtle off Tasmania.
2022, November
Article for The Conversation – What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change
Follow up interviews:
- Radio Adelaide, Breakfast on 23 November.
- ABC Radio Newcastle, Drive on 23 November.
2022, February
Keynote speech at Year 11 and 12 awards ceremony, The Friends’ School, Hobart, Tasmania – How to Measure a Life
2021, March
Interviews about a surfboard that was lost in Tasmania and turned up in Queensland 16 months later.
- ABC News article. Read here
- ABC Radio Hobart, Mornings with Leon Compton on Monday 15 March.
- Hit Radio Queensland, Breakfast with Cliffo & Gabi on Tuesday 16 March. Listen here
- Guardian article. Read here
- Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland. Read here
- Freie Presse (Chemnitzer Zeitung). Read here
2021, January
Contribution to Climate Scientists podcast episode “Disability in the Earth System Sciences (Part 4)”, hosted by Dan Jones and Kaitlin Naughten (contribution starts at 1:02:30). Listen here
2020, September
Article in the Hobart Mercury describing the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership featuring short biographies of some AAPP scientists. Read here
2020, August
Public lecture for Beer Aquatic on Thursday 27 August – An oceanographer’s guide to the Southern Ocean
Interview on ABC Radio Hobart, Your Afternoon with Paul McIntyre on Tuesday 25 August.
2020, May
Public lecture for the Royal Society of Tasmania on Sunday 17 May – Going with the wind: Our changing Southern Ocean. Watch here
Interview on ABC Radio Hobart, Breakfast with Ryk Goddard on Thursday 14 May.
2018, October
Media coverage for my publication The Ice-Ocean governor: ice-ocean stress feedback limits Beaufort Gyre spin up
2018, September
Media coverage for my publication Implications of eddy cancellation for the nutrient budget of subtropical gyres
Edward Doddridge 
