Over the past few years, I have been interviewed as an expert, which appeared in newspapers, radio, podcasts, and television. If you would like to interview me about my research, please get in touch with me here.
Recent Interviews
Interview with Annica Müllenberg about my co-authorship in the Third World Ocean Assessment Report, “Ist das Meer noch gesund?”, 10 June 2026. You can read about it here (DSM Website) and here (Informationsdienst Wissenschaft).
Interview with Joscha Seehausen for the podcast WDR ZeitZeichen on Sir John Franklin, “Verschollen im arktischen Eis: Polarforscher John Franklin,” 16 April 2026. You can listen to the interview here.
Interview with Ursel Kikker for the Bremerhaven newspaper Nordseezeitung on the DSM’s upcoming exhibition “Tiere an Bord / Animals Aboard Ships,” 24 March 2026.
Interview with Annica Müllenberg about the Junior Fellowship with the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg, “DSM-Forscherin wird in die Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg aufgenommen,” 19 October 2025. You can read the interview here. The Nordsee Zeitung and the Bremervörder Zeitung also reported about it.
Interview with Annica Müllenberg about my Ritter Memorial Fellowship at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, “Von der Nordsee an der Pazifik” / “From the North Sea to the Pacific,” 8 July 2025. You can read about in German here and in English here.
Interview with Karl Urban for the AstroGeoPlänkel podcast “Mit rieselnder Vulkanasche und kollidierenden Galaxien,” 4 July 2025. You can listen to the episode here.
Interview with Thomas Mau for the ZeitZeichen, der Geschichte-Podcast, podcast, “23.03.1875: Challenger-Expedition misst die damals tiefste bekannte Meeresstelle,” 15 March 2025. You can listen to the episode here.
The Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks podcast episode features a discussion on my book, A Mist Connection (from 2023), 13 September 2024. You can listen to the episode here.
Interview with Heyko Habben, published as “Was das Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven zu bieten hat,” Buten un Binnen, 3 April 2024.
Interview with Phillipp Steiner, published as “Seit 125 Jahren Einblicke in die Tiefsee,“ Nordsee Zeitung, 21 October 2023, as “Und der Laternenfisch hat Zähne… Die ‘Valdivia’-Expedition vor 125 Jahren war eine Premiere der deutschen Tiefseeforschung. Später kamen die Kameras, heute kommen Roboter zum Einsatz,” in Stuttgarter Zeitung, no. 254, 3 November 2023, p. 15, and as “Entwicklung in der Meeresforschung. Vor 125 Jahren startete mit der ‘Valdivia’ die erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition,” in Nordwest Zeitung, 24 November 2023.
Interview with Christoph Arens, published as “Faszination Flaschenpost: Viel mehr als nur Nostalgie,” in Evangelische Zeitung, 10 August 2023, and as “Hoffnung auf die Schatzkarte. Die Flaschenpost fasziniert bis heute. Immer schwingt Nostalgie und Seefahrtsromantik mit” in Bonner General-Anzeiger, 10 August 2023, p. 28.
Interview with Philipp Cavert on “Faszination Flaschenpost: Zwischen Seemannsromantik und Fernweh,” Das Journal, NDR Kultur, 4 August 2023. You can listen to the interview here (in German).
Interview with Ulrich Land on “Eine Geschichte der vier Jahreszeiten – Der Herbst,” Zeitfragen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 19 October 2022. You can listen to the episode here (in German).
Podcast episode “Was wäre gewesen? Vulkanausbruch 1783 – live medial dabei? Der Podcast über Kontrafaktische Geschichte mit Katrin Kleemann,” Was wäre gewesen? Der Podcast über Kontrafaktische Geschichte mit Dr. Charlotte Lerg und Georgios Chatzoudis, 14 July 2022. You can listen to the episode here (in German).
Interview with Ulrich Land on “Eine Geschichte der vier Jahreszeiten – Der Sommer,” Zeitfragen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 13 July 2022. You can listen to the episode here (in German).
Interview with Ulrich Land on “Eine Geschichte der vier Jahreszeiten – Der Frühling,” Zeitfragen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 23 March 2022. You can listen to the episode here (in German).
Interview with Lotta Drügemöller on the history of the German Maritime Observatory. Lotta Drügemöller. “Orte des Wissens. Der Schatz der Seeleute. Von Wetterkarten und Meeresströmungen: Die Deutsche Seewarte machte aus Daten Wissen.” TAZ / Die Tageszeitung, 7 February 2022. (in German)
Interview with Annica Müllenberg (German Maritime Museum), which showcases my work at the German Maritime Museum. Annica Müllenberg. “Environmental Historian Researches the German Maritime Observatory” (in English) and “Umwelthistorikerin forscht zur Deutschen Seewarte” (in German). German Maritime Museum Website, 27 January 2022.
Interview with Ulrich Land on “Eine Geschichte der vier Jahreszeiten – Der Winter,” Zeitfragen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 12 January 2022. You can listen to the episode here (in German).
Interview with Claudia Füßler on the publication of the Nature article “Towards a Rigorous Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change.” Claudia Füßler, “Wie sich frühere Gesellschaften klimatischen Veränderungen anpassten.” Online Magazin: Forschen & Entdecken, University of Freiburg, 19 November 2021. (in German)
Reviewer for Climate Feedback on the following analysis: “CO2 Coalition Sponsored Article in ‘The Washington Times’ Presents List of False and Misleading Statements about the Impacts of CO2 and Climate Change,” edited by Nikki Forrester. Climate Feedback, 5 May 2021.
Presentation for Environmental History Now‘s “Celebrating our Graduate” series, 31 March 2021. “Katrin Kleemann on her dissertation ‘A Mist Connection: The Laki Eruption and Its Legacy.'” You can watch the presentation here on YouTube.
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Rieger on “Tier und Wir: Moby Dick im Rhein,” Plus Eins, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 25 October 2020.
Other media mentioning my research
The episode “The Skaftáreldar, or Laki Fissure Eruption” of the podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class mentions my book, A Mist Connection, 17 July 2024. You can listen to the episode here.
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