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Robert J Kunzig

@rkunzig

Writer, editor; environment, science, sometimes history. Ex @NatGeoMag, @DiscoverMag, @sciam

 Birmingham, AL; Washington DC
Joined October 2011
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Big news! A team of former @natgeo editors and contributors (@Rachael_Bale @OlliePayneHere @rebersole) has started a new investigative wildlife journalism nonprofit called WIRE. Incredible that they are continuing this important work: wireonline.org/
Wildlife Investigative Reporters and Editors | WIRE

Wildlife Investigative Reporters and Editors | WIRE

WIRE is an independent nonprofit journalism project. Rigorous investigative reporting and compelling narratives by highly accomplished journalists are hallmarks of WIRE stories. The overarching goal:...

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Pumped storage hydropower plants can bank energy for times when wind and solar power fall short. Learn more: scim.ag/5Er #LongReads
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Back when we built @Google data centers in AL and TN, we negotiated to add renewable energy to the grid to help power them. But there's more to be done to drive clean energy in the region. Terrific deep dive on TVA in @TheAtlantic by @rkunzig theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Craig Welch@CraigAWelch28 Jun 2023
My new National Geographic just arrived, which includes my latest feature—my 16th, and my last as a senior writer. NatGeo is laying off all of its staff writers. I’ve been so lucky. I got to work w/incredible journalists and tell important, global stories. It’s been an honor.
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Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert2 Nov 2022
The perfect — and very funny — response to Bret Stephens’ “come to climate” moment, by one of my favorite climate scientists who (full disclosure) happens to be one of my kids: bretstephenswatch.wordpress.…
Still Full of BS After All These Years

Still Full of BS After All These Years

“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” -Napoleon Bonaparte In the 5 years since BS Watch posted its last missive, there has been a great d…

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Craig Welch@CraigAWelch12 Aug 2022
It's Friday night, 34 yrs after James Hansen warned about #climatechange, and Congress just passed the biggest, most transformative #climate law in history. It could help clean energy power 81% of U.S. electricity in 8 yrs. And so much more. Me for @natgeo nationalgeographic.com/envir…
How the historic climate bill will dramatically reduce U.S. emissions

How the historic climate bill will dramatically reduce U.S. emissions

The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to cut roughly a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year by 2030, save thousands of lives a year, and prompt a transformation of the U.S. energy and...

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@DeniseHruby@nisnis12 Aug 2022
"I’d expect that other prehistoric humans will come out," Fischer told me. "If it happens, then it’s this summer." Portrait @CirilJazbec. Thanks to editors @rkunzig @DominiqueAnneH @NatGeo, @AndreaFischerIC & her team @oeaw, @EURAC & @GlacialArchaeo1 END nationalgeographic.com/envir…
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@DeniseHruby@nisnis18 Feb 2022
The beauty of the Alps will remain. But the waning of snow and ice represents an emotional loss, a loss of culture and identity, as well as an economic one: My magazine piece for @NatGeo, with photos by @CirilJazbec and editing by @rkunzig nationalgeographic.com/magaz…
The urgent efforts to save winter in the Alps

The urgent efforts to save winter in the Alps

The region's economy and culture revolve around winter. As climate warms there’s a scramble to preserve snow and ice

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Indira Lakshmanan@Indira_L30 Sep 2021
Is 2021 finally a watershed year for public opinion and action on #climate? Experts @KHayhoe @DrKWilkinson explain to @NatGeo #environment's @rkunzig and @alejandrabee_ why warming is on people’s minds more and what the public can do on #ClimateAction nationalgeographic.com/envir…

'We just need more hands': Climate experts weigh in on what we can save

Two experts explain why they think warming is on people’s minds more and what the public can do to help curb climate change.

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Dennis Dimick@ddimick26 Jul 2021
1/x Bringing receipts that @NatGeoMag has been talking about #climate change for not as long as Arrhenius but for at least decades. Those writers asserting that “no one was talking about climate change until recently” per @JacquelynGill, could benefit from some history…to wit
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Johan Rockström@jrockstrom14 Mar 2021
World's richest biome tipping from sink to source? First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the damaged forest is now warming not cooling the planet nationalgeographic.com/envir… via @NatGeo
First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the damaged forest is now worsening climate...

First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the damaged forest is now worsening climate...

The first broad look at all of the gases that affect how the Amazon works—not just CO2—reveals a system on the brink.

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Indira Lakshmanan@Indira_L4 Dec 2020
Here's the fantastic story by @NatGeo #environment editor @rkunzig that I mentioned about the unique moment: evidence of #climatechange is dire, the window to fix it is closing, and we can't squander moment to stop abusing the planet: nationalgeographic.com/magaz… @NatGeoMag
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Craig Welch@CraigAWelch7 Jul 2020
Last year @natgeo photographer Ian Teh and I joined an expedition to the treacherous spot where the Pacific and Atlantic meet, a tiny island in Tierra del Fuego. We were looking for something no one had ever found: the southernmost tree on Earth. 1/10 on.natgeo.com/38AbCCI
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To The Point@ToThePoint_KCRW29 Jul 2019
Tired of sitting in traffic? @NatGeo's @rkunzig and @JoannMuller on urban plans to make our lives less auto-centric and how #AutonomousVehicles can both help and hurt that goal? kcrw.com/news/shows/to-the-p…
Beat climate change: get out of your car? | KCRW

Beat climate change: get out of your car? | KCRW

The original purpose of cities was to bring people together. That was their function for thousands of years. Then came the 20th Century and the automobile, which, “blew cities apart.”

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Where i try to make sense of the #UrbanIndia #water situation, with a little help from my friends ... thanks, @zenrainman @HariniNagendra @veenas_water, @NatGeo @rkunzig #bangalore #chennai #waterwisdom #WaterCrisis @InsideNatGeo
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Severe drought threatens the country, and poor infrastructure is making it worse. But there are potential solutions on.natgeo.com/2LST1sg
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Weekend's Most Read #1: To Build the Cities of the Future, We Must Get Out of Our Cars dtrnsfr.us/2O5QAlf @NatGeo @rkunzig
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Ensia@ensiamedia15 Mar 2019
Opinion: If you are flying, you should be buying carbon offsets ensia.com/voices/carbon-offs… via @ensiamedia
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CBS Mornings
@CBSMornings28 Jul 2018
All the artificial light of modern life may have a dark side: It’s been implicated in America’s epidemic of sleep deprivation. Yet lack of sleep is being tied to serious health problems. @NatGeo's @rkunzig discusses the recent "explosion of science" on our sleep habits:
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June issue of @NatGeo gives full-frontal treatment to the scourge of marine plastic waste, with stunning/dismaying photos. Read every micro/nano bit--and take heed. Congrats @laurajoparker @rkunzig
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G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with US d.gu.com/PT7mhh
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