Media coverage

2026

Interview: How pollutants and poo paint a picture of past civilizations. In: Nature Technology Feature (nature.com)

2023

TV-documentary contribution: The Greenland Vikings. In: Ancient Apocalypse, Season 2, Episode 5 (zdf-studios.com)

2022

Leister Expedition Go North 2022: expedition videoclip

Videoclip on youtube.com

Leister Expedition Go North 2022: ghost islands of the Arctic (selection)

Public press release in "Arctic Today" (2022/08/31): "Several "islands" recorded as the northernmost on Earth are probably only icebergs" (arctictoday.com)

Public press release in "Tages Anzeiger" (2022/09/10): ""Nördlichste Insel der Welt" ist in Wirklichkeit ein Eisberg" (tagesanzeiger.ch)

Public press release in "The Conversation" (2022/09/08): "Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map" (theconversation.com)

Zhao, et al. (2022): 10.1126/sciadv.abm4346 (selection)

Public press release in "EOS" (2022/08/04): "Evidence of Drought Provides Clues to a Viking Mystery" (eos.org)

Public press release in "CNN" (2022/03/24): "The surprising reason why Vikings abandoned a successful settlement" (cnn.com)

Public press release in "the Guardian" (2022/04/05): "Drought may have forced Vikings to leave Greenland, says study" (theguardian.com)

Public press release in "Science" (2022/03/23): "Greenland’s Vikings may have vanished because they ran out of water" (science.org)

Public press release in "Wiener Zeitung" (2022/03/23): "Nicht Eiszeit, sondern Dürre vertrieb Wikinger" (wienerzeitung.at)

Public press release in "bluewin.ch" (2022/03/24): "Grönlands Wikinger flohen wegen Dürre, nicht Eiszeit" (bluewin.ch) 

Public press release in "nau.ch" (2022/03/26): "Haben Wikinger Grönland wegen Dürre verlassen?" (nau.ch)

2021

Leister Expedition Around North Greenland 2021: discovery of Northern most islands (selection)

Public press release in "the Guardian" (2021/08/27): "Scientists discover ‘world’s northernmost island’ off Greenland’s coast" (theguardian.com)

Public press release in "reuters" (2021/08/27): "Greenland expedition discover 'world's northernmost island" (reuters.com)

Public press release in "CNN" (2021/08/27): "Greenland expedition discover 'world's northernmost island" (cnn.com)

2020

Chiaia-Hernandez et al. (2020): 10.1021/acs.est.0c04842 (selection)

Public press release in "Der Bund" (2020/10/20): "Tests im Berner Moossee – Pflanzenschutzmittel belasten auch die Seeböden" (derbund.ch)

Public press release in "Basler Zeitung" (2020/10/20): "Pflanzenschutzmittel belasten auch die Seeböden" (bazonline.ch)

Public press release in "nau.ch" (2020/10/23): "Forschende finden längst verbotene Pestizide im Grund des Moossees" (nau.ch)

SNSF-conference

Portrait-interview in the magazine of University of Bern "uniaktuell" (2020/06/28): "Die Idee entstand bei einem spontanen Glas Wein via zoom" (unibe.ch)

Public press release in the "UMass News" (2020/06/24): "Conference for Swiss NSW Fellows organized by Geosciences Postdoctoral Fellow" (umass.edu)