The research, carried out by Dr Matthias Willbold and Professor Tim Elliott in the School of Earth Sciences and published in Nature, was covered by The Times, the Daily Mail, The Sun, The Mirror, Metro, the Economic Times, National Geographic and other media around the world. Dr Willbold was interviewed by BBC Radio Bristol; Professor Elliott talked about the study on BBC Radio 4's Material World.
The study was also featured on the French TV programme C dans l'air on 20 January 2012 (report starts at 46m 20s).
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