At the end of the ATLAS project the BBC reported on the project’s findings. This report ('Atlantic discovery: 12 new species 'hiding in the deep'') was released on 28/12/2020 leading to wider media coverage estimated to exceed 400 million people worldwide.
Some of the articles published after the BBC release can be seen in the list below:
BBC Instagram report (28/12/2020)
BBC Science and Environment: “Rolling in the deep: 12 new species found in the Atlantic”(28/12/2020)
Voice of America’s International Edition (interview with Steve Miller)
ABC News Australia (interview with Celina Edmonds)
ATLAS project discovers 12 new species in the deep Atlantic Ocean (29/12/2020)
Murray Roberts interview on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV News Channel (29/12/2020)
Robots uncover 12 new species in the deep ocean (29/12/2020)
ATLAS research project discovers new species in lowest depths of the ocean (29/12/2020)
EuroNews report
Isabelle Kumar tweet (29/12/20)
EuroNews:Twelve deep-water creatures discovered in Atlantic Ocean (29/12/2020)
Daily Mail
The Telegraph
Independent
Discovery of 12 new species in the deep
ocean at risk from climate crisis (30/12/2020)
Links to some other press coverage highlighting the ATLAS project:
UK
- "Plastic found in starfish on Scottish reef" - The Times, 11/03/2019
- "Plastic pollution found in creatures at inshore coral reef" - STV News, 11/03/2019
- "West coast shipwrecks offer a haven for fragile deepwater corals" - The Times, 29/01/2019
- "Is the Gulf Stream about to collapse and is the new ice age coming sooner than scientists think?" - Independent, 12/04/2018
- "World faces weather chaos as climate change threatens to shut down Atlantic Ocean's flow" - The Sun, 12/04/2018
- "World's weather facing chaos because Atlantic Ocean's circulation is at weakest point for 1,500 years" - Mirror, 12/04/2018
- "UK weather: Poor Atlantic Circulation is a threat to our weather" - Express, 12/04/2018
- "World faces climate chaos because the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is the weakest it has been in more than 1,500 years" - Daily Mail, 11/04/2018
- "Climate change dials down Atlantic Ocean heating system" - BBC News, 11/04/2018
- "Gulf Stream current at its weakest in 1,600 years" - The Guardian, 11/04/2018
- "Scotland's deep-sea coral reefs in danger from climate change" - The Scotsman, 22/11/2016
- "Largest assessment of Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems gets underway" - Scottish Government/Marine Scotland, 20/06/2016
- "Deep Atlantic: Scientists launch ocean mission" - BBC News, 17/06/2016
- "Largest assessment of Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems gets underway" - University of Liverpool, 17/06/2016
USA
- "The oceans' circulation hasn't been this sluggish in 1,000 years. That's bad news" - The Washington Post, 11/04/2018
- "Slow-motion ocean: Atlantic's circulation is weakest in 1,600 years" - Scientific American, 11/04/2018
- "Atlantic ocean current slows down to 1,000-year low" - NPR, 13/04/2018
- "Some of the science behind the ridiculous movie 'The day after tomorrow' is now coming true" - Forbes, 11/04/2018
Portugal/Azores
- "New hydrothermal field discovered in the Azores" - Açoriano Oriental, 20/06/2018 , Jornal de Notícias, 20/06/2018 , Observador, 20/06/2018
- "Scientific expedition in June to discover the most intact areas of the Azores Sea" - TSF Radio Notícias, 31/05/2018
Ireland
- "Irish shipwrecks being colonised by coral reefs" - Irish Examiner, 29/01/2019
- "Gulf Stream slowing down is bad news for Ireland" - The Irish Times, 28/04/2018
Spain
- "Mallorca hosts a meeting of experts in Atlantic Ocean ecosystems" - Diario de Mallorca, 08/04/2018
- "The oceans are suffocating" - El Pais, 30/07/2017
Netherlands
- "Research on the high seas" - NEMO Kennislink, 22/05/2018
- "Zeeland scientists on an expedition to save oceans" - Omroep Zeeland, 08/05/2018
Germany
- "A system of ocean currents shows signs of fatigue" - Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 12/04/2018
- "Gulf Stream is getting weaker and weaker" - Wissenschaft aktuell, 12/04/2018
- "Gulf Stream system at weakest point in 1,600 years" - DW, 11/04/2018
Russia
- "The speed of the Gulf Stream dropped to a minimum in fifteen hundred years" - Известия, 13/04/2018
- "The consequences of the deviation of the Gulf Stream" - Известия, 13/04/2018
- “The speed of the Gulf Stream current has declined to a historical minimum for 1.500 years” - https://news.rambler.ru/ecology/39596263-atlantike-predrekli-globalnuyu-katastrofu/items/?updated=
Global online
- "Recent change in Atlantic Ocean circulation patterns have caused dramatic shifts in marine populations" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 24/04/2020
- "Atlantic Ocean adventures at home with free education resources from EU ATLAS project" - CORDIS EU research Results, 23/04/2020
- "New climate model projects major impacts on coral and commercially important fish habitats in the deep Atlantic due to climate change" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 21/02/2020
- "EU researchers and underwater tech experts discuss discuss new technologies and treaties for preserving deep-sea ecosystems" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 18/04/2019
- "Extraordinary discovery in the mid-Atlantic Ocean" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 22/06/2018
- "Transatlantic cooperation: European and Canadian marine stakeholders discuss sustaining ocean ecosystems" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 25/05/2018
- "Atlantic Ocean Circulation is weakening; are our deep-sea ecosystems at threat?" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 13/04/2018
- "Climate change is slowing Atlantic currents that help keep Europe warm" - The Conversation, 12/04/2018
- "Climate change is weakening a crucial ocean current" - Discover Magazine, 11/04/2018
- "Prof. Murray Roberts talks on the deep seas" - The Student Newspaper, 27/09/2017
- "Deep in the Atlantic Ocean: High-tech sensors to gather long-term biogeochemical data" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 30/06/2017
- "High-tech sensors to gather long-term biogeochemical data" - Phys.org, 30/06/2017 , Convention on Biological Diversity, 30/06/2017
- "Warmer winters in Europe will be bad news for coral" - CORDIS EU Research Results, 08/12/2016
- "A technological eye on the future of our seas and our agriculture" - Euronews, 14/11/2016