Media

The physicist who tracks penguins from space
APS News
15
October 2024

Basic Research Matters: Meet The Winners Of 2024’s Golden Goose Awards
Forbes
4
October 2024

From Poop to Protection: Satellite Discoveries Help Save Antarctic Penguins and Advance Wildlife Monitoring
Golden Goose Award
24
September 2024

Protecting Penguins
Oceanography Magazine
May 2024

Penguins and Space? How NASA helps monitor Antarctica
@NASA_Landsat on X
May 2024

What’s the state of global warming? Ask the penguins.
Experience Magazine
May 2022

Penguins fill gaps in understanding of global warming
The Economist
27 April 2022

Where the ice is still abundant, these penguins are, too
New York Times
12 April 2022

Penguin colony found in Antarctic sign of climate change
BBC News
20 January 2022

Research expedition to find remote penguin colonies in Antarctica 
ABC News
20 January 2022

From Identifying Penguins By Their Feet to Writing Pilot Television Dramas, Heather Lynch Tries It All 
American Association for the Advancement of Science
18 August 2021

Why Penguins May Help Us Predict the Impact of Climate Change 
Financial Times
27 February 2020

Some Antarctic Penguin Colonies Have Declined By More Than 75% in 50 Years 
CNN
11 February 2020

Climate Change Puts Penguins in Decline on Shackleton’s Elephant Island 
The Times
11 February 2020

Antarctic Penguin Colonies Decline 77 Percent in 50 Years 
Al Jazeera 
11 February 2020

Chinstrap Penguin Numbers May Have Fallen By More Than Half on Antarctic Island 
National Geographic
11 February 2020

Penguin Colonies Are Shrinking in Antarctica Due to Climate Change 
Bloomberg
11 February 2020

Antarctica’s Most Numerous Penguin Has Suffered Huge Declines, Expedition Finds 
Audubon
10 February 2020

Climate Change Is Decimating the Chinstrap Penguins of Antarctica 
Time
10 February 2020

Alarm Over Collapse of Chinstrap Penguin Numbers 
The Guardian
10 February 2020

Number of Chinstrap Penguins in Antarctica Has Fallen Sharply: Scientists 
New York Times
10 February 2020

Penguins at Risk in Antarctica 
CBS Morning News
16 January 2020

Billionaire Len Blavatnik Lets Money Talk at Young Scientists Awards 
Bloomberg
25 September 2019

Heather Lynch Receives Young Scientist Award for Tracking Antarctica Penguins with Satellites
NASA Science
18 September 2019

Climate Change? “Meh,” Say Gentoo Penguins 
Scientific American
25 July 2019

Contrary to the Fears of Some, Penguins and People Do Mix 
The Economist
12 July 2019

Penguins Hiding in Plain Sight (PDF)
New York Times Kids Section
28 April 2019

NASA Tracks Penguin Poop From Space – ‘Smell’ An Explanation Coming? 
Forbes
14 December 2018

Adelie Penguins Poop Pink Guano. It’s So Bright, You Can See It From Space 
Vox 
12 December 2018

Counting Penguins Isn’t Black and White 
Wall Street Journal
3-4 November 2018

Penguin Supercolony! 
Science in the News (Educational Resource)
July 2018

Antarctica Needs Humans to Protect It. It Also Needs Humans to Stay Away. What’s a Potential Visitor to Do? 
WPRI’s The World
11 June 2018

The Homestretch Radio Show 
CBC
19 March 2018

CBS News Interview 
CBS
8 March 2018

There’s a Penguin Colony So Large You Can See It From Space 
New York Post 
5 March 2018

A Supercolony of Penguins Has Been Found Near Antarctica 
New York Times
5 March 2018

Poo Stains Seen From Space Lead to Discovery of Massive Penguin ‘Supercolony’ 
Gizmodo
3 March 2018

Secret Penguin Supercolony Discovered on Danger Islands 
Popular Mechanics
3 March 2018

‘Supercolony’ of Adelie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica 
ABC News
3 March 2018

The Secret Is Out: Scientists Spot Penguin ‘Super-Colony’ in Antarctica 
Wall Street Journal 
3 March 2018

Penguin Super-Colony Spotted From Space 
BBC
3 March 2018

Previously Unknown ‘Supercolony’ of 1.5 Million Penguins Discovered in Antarctica’s Remote Danger Islands 
Independent
2 March 2018

Should Tourists Go to Antarctica? 
WHYY’s The Pulse 
22 February 2018

NASA-Funded Competition Rewards Efforts to Predict Penguin Populations 
NASA.gov
30 October 2017

Penguins May Not Be the Best Way to Track Ocean Health 
Futurity
13 October 2017

Using Penguins to Monitor Ocean Health May Be Ineffective 
Phys.org
12 October 2017

Understanding Why These Penguins Yell Could Be the Key to Saving All Penguins 
Newsweek
27 September 2017

A First Look at Geographic Variation in Gentoo Penguin Calls 
AOU Blog
27 September 2017

Counting Penguins: What Penguins in Antarctica Might Be Telling Us About Climate Change
NBC’s Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly
25 June 2017

Penguin Droppings Are Fertile Ground for Science 
NASA Earth Observatory
13 June 2017

Penguin City (PDF)
National Geographic Kids Magazine
January 2017

Radio Interview
BBC5
2 November 2016 

Penguin Detectives Wanted 
TakePart
31 October 2016

The SBU Ecologist Who Came In From The Cold 
InnovateLI
25 October 2016

NASA Collaboration Allows Citizen Scientists to Lend a Hand in Penguin Conservation 
NASA Press Release 
25 October 2016

Using Satellite Observations for Conservation 
NASA Special Feature
13 September 2016

Antarctica’s Penguins Could Be Decimated by Climate Change
Washington Post
30 June 2016

As Antarctic Ice Shrinks From Climate Change, Will Adélie Penguins Disappear? 
Christian Science Monitor
29 June 2016

New Study Reveals Patterns in Antarctic Tourism 
IAATO Press Release
18 February 2016

Monaco Assessment Media Brief 
Convention on Biological Diversity
24 June 2015

Should Tourists Be Banned From Antarctica? 
BBC News
11 January 2015

One, Two, 3.79 Million: How Many Penguins Are There? 
Audubon Magazine
21 August 2014

SBU’s Lynch Ruffles Feathers With Penguin Population Study 
North Shore Beacon
11 August 2014

Finding Nemo 
Antarctic Sun
8 August 2014

Researchers Tally 53% More Adelie Penguins By Using Satellites 
Newsday
17 July 2014

Adelie Penguin Census Shows Seabirds Are Thriving 
Wall Street Journal
10 July 2014

World’s Adelie Penguin Population Is Thriving 
Wall Street Journal Video
10 July 2014

Why Some Penguins Thrive in Climate Change
ABC News 
7 July 2014

Emperor Penguins May Be Moving Due to Climate Change, Study Finds 
CBS News
24 June 2014

Happy Feet? Emperor Penguins Are More Than Happy to Relocate 
NBC News 
20 June 2014

Changing Climate, Not Tourism, Seems to Be Driving Decline in Chinstrap-Penguin Populations
NSF Press Release 
6 November 2012

Tourism Not a Factor in Antarctic Penguin Decline 
Summit County Citizens Voice
15 September 2012

Pinguin-Rückgang: Antarktis-Tourismus Ist Nicht Die Ursache 
derStandard.at
4 September 2012

Tourismus Nicht Schuld an Pinguin-Schwund 
Spiegel Online 
4 September 2012

Breeding Chinstrap Penguins Vanish From Antarctic Island 
Mother Nature Network
4 September 2012

Penguins Grow ‘Frigid’ as Antarctic Warms Up 
Futurity
29 August 2012

Too Hot for Love: Breeding Penguins Vanish from Antarctic Island 
LiveScience
29 August 2012
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Antarctica’s Gentoo Penguin Population Growing, Adelie Numbers Decreasing, Study Says
Huffington Post
26 March 2012

Home-Field Advantage Helps Penguins in Warming Antarctic 
MSNBC 
24 March 2012

Breeding Cycles of Penguins Affected by Global Warming 
Audubon
22 March 2012

Warming Harder on Migratory Penguins 
Deep Blue Home
6 March 2012

Counting Penguins from Space 
Earth Imaging Journal 
28 February 2012

Satellites Track Health of Seal, Penguin Populations in Antarctica 
SpaceRef 
18 February 2012

The Big Picture
Antarctic Sun 
17 February 2012

Eyes in the Sky 
Antarctic Sun 
17 February 2012

Predicting Change, Protecting Biodiversity 
The Scope
Spring 2010

Losing Count
Antarctic Sun
1 August 2008

March of the Tourists

Mother Jones 
July/August 2008