Andrew Revkin

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Andrew C. Revkin (born 1956) is an American science and environmental journalist, webcaster, author and educator. He has written on a wide range of subjects including the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, the 2004 Asian tsunami, sustainable development, climate change, and the changing environment around the North Pole. From 2019 to 2023 he directed the Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at The Earth Institute of Columbia University.[1] While at Columbia, he launched a video webcast, Sustain What,[2] that seeks solutions to tangled environmental and societal challenges through dialogue. In 2023, the webcast integrated with his online newsletter of the same name.[3]

Previously, he was a strategic adviser to environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society.[4] Through 2017 he was senior reporter for climate change at the independent investigative newsroom ProPublica.[5] He was a reporter for The New York Times from 1995 through 2009. In 2007, he created the Dot Earth environmental blog for The Times. The blog moved to the Opinion Pages in 2010 and ran through 2016. From 2010 to 2016 he was also the Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at Pace University.[6] He is also a performing songwriter and was a frequent accompanist of Pete Seeger.

Early life

Andrew Revkin was born and raised in Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1978 with a degree in biology.[7] He later received a Master's in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[8][9]

Career

Early in his career he held senior editor and senior writer positions at Discover magazine and Science Digest, respectively.[10]

From 1995 through 2009, Revkin covered the environment for The New York Times. In 2003, he became the first Times reporter to file stories from the North Pole area and in 2005-6, he broke stories about the Bush administration's interference with scientific research, particularly at NASA.[11]

In 2010, he joined Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Studies as Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding.[12]

Revkin has also written books on the Anthropocene,[13] humanity's weather and climate learning journey,[14] the once and future Arctic, the Amazon, and global warming.[15] He was interviewed by Seed magazine about his book The North Pole Was Here, which was published in 2006. He stressed that "the hard thing to convey in print as journalists, and for society to absorb, is that this is truly a century-scale problem."[16]

Revkin is among those credited with developing the idea that humans, through growing impacts on Earth's climate and other critical systems, are creating a distinct geological epoch, the Anthropocene.[17] He was a member of the "Anthropocene" Working Group from 2010 to 2016. The group is charged by a branch of the International Commission on Stratigraphy with gauging evidence that a formal change in the Geologic Time Scale is justified.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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Andrew Revkin reported for The New York Times in 2003 from a research camp set up on sea ice drifting near the North Pole. Scientists erected the sign, then added "was" as currents were pushing the ice several miles a day.

Books

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  • Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. New York: Abbeville Press, 1992, Template:ISBN
  • The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World. Boston: Kingfisher, 2006, Template:ISBN
  • Weather: An Illustrated History, from Cloud Atlases to Climate Change. New York: Sterling, 2018, Template:ISBN
  • The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene. New York: Abrams Books, 2020, Template:ISBN

Films based on his work

Two films have been based on Revkin's writing:

Songwriter and musician

Revkin is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who led a Hudson Valley roots ensemble called Breakneck Ridge Revue. He was also a member of Uncle Wade, a blues-roots band.[19] Revkin performed frequently with the folk singer (and environmentalist) Pete Seeger from 1996 until Seeger's death in 2014.

Revkin's first album, A Very Fine Line, featuring guest contributions by Dar Williams, Mike Marshall and Bruce Molsky, was released in November, 2013.[20]

Awards

References

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  7. ↑ Reunion 2008: Retrospective: Alumni Reunion Forum: “Dot Earth: Pursuing Progress on a Finite Planet”, Brown University, Alumni
  8. ↑ Journalist, author, and singer Andrew Revkin examines climate change, The Daily Gazette, 11. April 2007
  9. ↑ New York Times Climate Change Expert Speaks During Earth Week. 20. April 2016
  10. ↑ a b Revkin's Biography, The New York Times, 23 April 2006
  11. ↑ Cristine Russell, "Revkin Taking NYT Buyout: Veteran climate reporter to leave paper after Copenhagen summit, Columbia Journalism Review, December 14, 2009
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