Media Archive

2024

Watch Julia’s interview for PBS Newshour about the recently declared global bleaching event this year., April 2024 | PDF of transcript

Article in AFP Fact Check aiming to fix misinformation surrounding coral bleaching for which Julia was interviewed., April 2024 | PDF

2022

2020

Underwater videos and collaboration with local fisherman provide new insights about sharks in a biodiversity hotspot. Article in WWF July 2020

2019

Julia co-authored a piece (PDF) in Policy Options with Jeffery Hutchings and Susanna Fuller covering their Royal Society of Canada report Sustaining Canadian Marine Biodiversity: Policy and Statutory Progress (2012-2019) (PDF). This was then covered in the National Observer. Nov 2019

2017

Kiritimati in the Spotlight: Our Research and Impacts of the 2015-2016 El Niño on the Atoll's Coral Reefs

Julia participates in a Q&A session following the screening of "Chasing Coral" at the Hot Docs documentary festival in Toronto, and also partakes in a coral reef and climate change panel discussion following the film's screening at the Vancouver… — Julia participates in a Q&A session following the screening of "Chasing Coral" at the Hot Docs documentary festival in Toronto, and also partakes in a coral reef and climate change panel discussion following the film's screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Jul. 2017

Elena Becaroros with AP covers why coral conservation is important with quotes from Julia, 12 March 2017

Seth Borenstein with AP covers the easing of the global bleaching event with quotes from Julia, 19 June 2017

Julia writes a piece on coral reef recovery and ways that kids can help for OWL Magazine, Apr. 2017

Canadian Science and Conservation

Emily Chung reports on declines in Canadian wildlife for CBC News, with quotes from Julia, 13 Sep. 2017

Emily Chung discusses the effectiveness of Canada’s Species at Risk Act for CBC News, with quotes from Julia, 14 Sep. 2017

Carl Meyer of the National Observer covers the appointment of Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor, with quotes from Julia, 26 Sep. 2017

Restoring Canada’s competitiveness in fundamental research

Nicola Jones covers our GYA report in Nature, 28 Jun 2017

Ivan Semeniuk reports on the status of scientific funding in Canada, including mention of our GYA report, 28 Jun. 2017

Diana Kwon reports on the major findings of our GYA report for The Scientist, 29 Jun. 2017

International coverage of our GYA report in Science, 28 Jun 2017

Canadian coverage of our GYA report in The Toronto Star, 28 Jun. 2017

Tom Spears covers our GYA report for the Ottawa Citizen, 28 Jun. 2017

National Observer coverage of our GYA report with quotes from Julia, 5 Jul. 2017

Angela Mehta covers our GYA report for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Chemistry World’, 6 Jul. 2017

Peter Gwynne summarizes the findings of our GYA report for Physics World, with quotes from Julia, Aug. 2017

Times Higher Education coverage of our GYA report, 30 Jun. 2017

2016

Kiritimati in the Spotlight: Our Research and Impacts of the 2015-2016 El Niño on the Atoll's Coral Reefs

The Associated Press highlights Julia's recent expedition to Kiritimati, 14 Apr. 2016

Interviewing Julia and Kim Cobb, Seth Borenstein breaks the story of El Niño's impacts on Kiritimati for The Associated Press. The story is reprinted in newspapers across the U.S. and Canada, 6 Apr. 2016

Ben Webster covers the story for The Times UK, 19 April 2016

Elena Becatoros covers the global bleaching event in The Globe and Mail with quotes from Julia and other collaborators, 12 Mar 2016

Bob McDonald interviews Julia about Kiritimati's 'coral catastrophe' for CBC's Quirks & Quarks, 22 Apr. 2016 (Radio)

Coverage of Baum lab research and coral death due to El Niño on CBC News, 15 Apr. 2016

Global News BC documents the Christmas Island coral devastation using photos, 14 Apr. 2016 (TV and online story)

Chelsea Harvey interviews Julia and Kim Cobb for a Washington Post story about their work on Kiritimati and the global implications of El Niño, 12 Apr. 2016

Popular Science covers the widespread coral reef death occurring in the Pacific, 14 Apr. 2016

The Washington Post reviews the global effects of the 2015 El Niño, including a quote from Julia, 9 Jun. 2016

Julia talks to CBC All Points West about coral bleaching on Christmas Island, 15 Apr. 2016

Brian Kahn interviews Julia and Kim Cobb about the future of Kiritimati corals for Climate Central, 13 Apr. 2016 (Online story)

Eric Holthaus interviews Julia and Kim via satellite phone from Kiritimati for a story in ThinkProgress, 12 April 2016

Matt Smith interviews Julia and Kim Cobb about El Niño effects on Kiritimati's corals for VICE News, 14 Apr. 2016

Canadian Ocean Conservation

Oceana Canada Report 'Canada's Marine Fisheries: Status, Recovery Potential, and Pathways to Success'

Canadian Geographic coverage of our Oceana report, 28 June 2016

The National Observer covers our new Oceana report, 23 June 2016

Holly Lake covers our new Oceana report for iPolitics, 26 June 2016

Radio Canada International interviews Oceana Canada Executive Director Josh Laughren about our new report, 23 June 2016

The Globe and Mail covers Julia and Susanna Fuller's new Oceana Canada report, 26 June

CBC News coverage of the Oceana report, 23 June 2016

Comments on Other Studies

Ed Yong interviews Julia for his Atlantic article 'Humans: The Hyperkeystone Species' about Bob Paine, 21 June 2016

The Atlantic gets Julia's comment on Cinner et al.'s paper in Nature 'Bright spots among the world's coral reefs', 15 Jun. 2016

The Guardian article on NASA's new CORAL project, 10 June 2016

The Washington Post interviews Julia about the NASA coral reef project, 10 Jun. 2016

Julia's perspective is included in an Associated Press article by Caleb Jones about NASA's new Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) project, 8 June 2016. The article is reprinted in newspapers around the world (Print and online)

2015

El Niño and Kiritimati Research

Listen to Julia talk to CBC On the Island's Gregor Craigie at Christmas about the impacts of the current El Niño on Christmas Island's coral reefs, 22 December 2015

Collaborator Kim Cobb's work on the Pacific wide plight of corals as a result of the 2015 El Niño, 2 Dec. 2015

The Washington Post extends the coverage on the Baum-Cobb, El Niño-coral work on Christmas Island, 14 Dec. 2015

Baum and Cobb lab coverage on our collaboration to study El Niño effects on Christmas Island, 1 Dec. 2015

Brian Kahn of Climate Central covers our work on the effects of the 2015 El Niño event on Kiritimati's coral reefs, 4 Dec. 2015

Ocean Conservation in Canada

Interview with collaborator Susanna Fuller about our CJFAS paper on the legal framework in Canada for protecting endangered species, 26 Nov. 2015 — Interview with collaborator Susanna Fuller about our CJFAS paper on the legal framework in Canada for protecting endangered species,
26 Nov. 2015

CBC News features Julia and Susanna Fuller as they discuss their recent CJFAS paper, 17 Sept. 2015

Our research featured in Maclean's article on species conservation in Canada, 23 Sept. 2015

Holly Lake of iPolitics covers our CJFAS paper, 16 Sept. 2015

Julia talks to Quirks and Quarks' Bob McDonald about the need for better endangered fish species protection in Canada, 19 September 2015

Cocos Island Shark and Skate Populations

Human Presence and Associated Fish Biomass in the Pacific

Science Daily discusses Julia and colleagues' paper in PLOS ONE, 2 Apr. 2015

2014

Writing about the Stalled El Niño for Nature, Mark Zastrow features Julia's Kiritimati research - and the challenges of getting scientific gear to a remote Pacific Island, 2 September 2014

2013

Overfished Marine Fish Can Recover, Coverage of our 2013 Science Paper

Phys.org features collaborator Olaf Jensen in a story on our Science paper, April 2013

WorldFishing&Aquaculture features collaborator Olaf Jensen in a story on our Science paper, April 2013

2012

USA shark fisheries management, Nov 2012

How to ensure recovery of dusky sharks in the Northwest Atlantic?, Washington Post — *How to ensure recovery of dusky sharks in the Northwest Atlantic?*, Washington Post

Re-creating missing population baselines for Pacific reef sharks, April/May 2012

The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet (Canada) did a TV interview with Julia - no footage available

Julia talks about the loss of sharks from Pacific coral reefs with Radio Canada International and Australia's Pacific Beat. The research is featured on CBC's As It Happens. Listen Below.

*The New York Times' Green Blog features our Conservation Biology paper on Pacific reef shark declines, 2 May 2012*

CNN covers our paper on Pacific reef shark declines, 28 April 2012

Mother Jones covers the story, 27 April 2012

UPI covers our reef shark paper, 27 April 2012

Times of Malta covers the story too!, 30 April 2012

Blogging for Scientific American, Christie Wilcox also covers the story, 27 April 2012

Juliet Eilperin covers our study in Conservation Biology on the loss of Pacific reef sharks for The Washington Post, 27 April 2012

Stephanie Pappas covers our study for livescience, 27 April 2012

PlanetSave covers our story, 29 April 2012

Fox News covers our study on Pacific reef sharks, 28 April 2012

Gotta love the Brits! UK Daily Mail gets in on the action with a cheeky headline, 27 April 2012

ScienceDaily features our Conservation Biology paper, 27 April 2012

Julia wins a Sloan Research Fellowship, February 2012

B.C. biologist receives $50K for shark research, CTV News — *B.C. biologist receives $50K for shark research*, CTV News

2010

Highlighting Julia's shark research, May 2010

Preyed upon by human, sharks near extinction, The Atlantic — *Preyed upon by human, sharks near extinction*, The Atlantic

2008

2008 IUCN Red Listings for sharks and Julia's presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, February 2008

Julia's presentation at the AAAS meeting is highlighted (part of the Endangered Species podcast), The Guardian (UK)

Shark populations hit by demand for fin soup, New Scientist — *Shark populations hit by demand for fin soup*, New Scientist

Shark-fin soup trade threatens hammerheads, The Independent (UK) — *Shark-fin soup trade threatens hammerheads*, The Independent (UK)

Hammerhead in need of protection, BBC News — *Hammerhead in need of protection,* BBC News

Sharks disappearing as fin chopping rises, Reuters — *Sharks disappearing as fin chopping rises*, Reuters

Sharks' finale?, South China Morning Post — *Sharks' finale?,* South China Morning Post

Sharks in peril of extinction, Deeper Blue — *Sharks in peril of extinction*, Deeper Blue

Shark species face extinction amid overfishing and appetite for fins, The Guardian (UK) — *Shark species face extinction amid overfishing and appetite for fins*, The Guardian (UK)

Plenty more fish in the sea?, The Economist's Special Report [December 2008] — *Plenty more fish in the sea?*, The Economist's Special Report [December 2008]

Also covered by The Daily Mail (UK), Dive Magazine (UK), Science News, The Telegraph (UK), and The Times of London

2007

Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean, March - May 2007

Overfishing of sharks makes scallops vanish: Study, Reuters — *Overfishing of sharks makes scallops vanish: Study*, Reuters

Death of a predator: Big sharks are disappearing - and world's fisheries are suffering as a result, The Guardian (UK) — *Death of a predator: Big sharks are disappearing - and world's fisheries are suffering as a result*, The Guardian (UK)

Also covered by Agence France Presse, The Associated Press, BBC (Science in Action), Bloomberg News, The Canadian
Press, CanWest News, The Guardian Unlimited, The New York Times, The Miami Herald, and The Times of London