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{{Short description|Scientific journalist}}
{{For|the US federal judge|Robert Lowe Kunzig}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}

'''Robert Kunzig''' is a scientific journalist, specializing in [[oceanography]]. He works at the European division of ''[[Discover Magazine|Discover]]'' magazine and is a regular contributor to ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''.

==Journalism==
Kunzig's writings led him to win a prize in scientific journalism from the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]. He received the [[American Geophysical Union]]'s "[[Walter S. Sullivan|Walter Sullivan]] Award for Excellence in Science Journalism" in 1994.<ref>[http://sites.agu.org/honors/medals-awards/walter-sullivan-award-for-excellence-in-science-journalism-features/?sub=recipients ''Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features: Past recipients'']; AGU; retrieved .</ref> His book, ''Mapping the Deep'', a narrative of the story of ocean science, won the 2001 [[Aventis Prize for Science Books|Aventis Science Book of the Year award]].

He has co-written an account of climate science with the geophysicist and climate scientist, [[Wallace Broecker]]. This includes a discussion of the work of [[Klaus Lackner]] in re-capturing {{CO2}} from the atmosphere—which Kunzig and Broecker consider will play a vital role in reducing emissions and countering [[global warming]]. Most recently, he has also written on the size and impact of the human population on the planet.

==Books==
*''The Restless Sea''; 1999.<ref>Reviews of ''The Restless Sea'':
*John F. Bash (1999), ''Marine Technology Society Journal'', [https://www.proquest.com/openview/8b3825f9a2e19d49138c7fbd296da252/1]
*L. Edmunds (2002), ''Northeastern Naturalist'', [https://www.proquest.com/openview/a35aff8e31e844316f14ca58702dea87/1]
*Everett Fee (1999), ''Limnology and Oceanography'', {{doi|10.4319/lo.1999.44.6.1594a}}, {{jstor|2670746}}
*Laurence A. Marschall (1999), ''Sciences'', [https://www.proquest.com/openview/62d7c805a48b29d829d9269e9d5cea0a/1]
*Dean A. McManus (2000), ''Oceanography'', {{jstor|43924379}}
*Richard Strickland (1999), "Despite its dull title, ''The Restless Sea'' rises to the top of a well-charted genre", ''American Scientist'', {{jstor|27857877}}
*''Kirkus Reviews'', [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-kunzig/the-restless-sea/]
*''Publishers Weekly'', [https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780393045628]
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*''Mapping the Deep''; 2000. Awarded the 2001 [[Royal Society Prizes for Science Books|Aventis Prize for Science Books]])<ref>Reviews of ''Mapping the Deep'':
*R. Lampitt (2000), ''Ocean Challenge'', [https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/7843/]
*George W. Moore (2001), ''Earth Sciences History'', {{jstor|24138761}}
*David Profumo (2001), ''Spectator'', [https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA78031805&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00386952&p=LitRC&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E68c6571f&aty=open-web-entry]
*John Turney (2000), "[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/29/scienceandnature Deep waters], ''The Guardian''
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*''Fixing Climate: The Story of Climate Science - and How To Stop Global Warming''; 2008 (with Wallace Broecker])<ref>Reviews of ''Fixing Climate'':
*Ken Caldeira (2008), "Taming the angry beast", ''Science'', {{jstor|20145039}}
*C. Gregory Knight (2010), "Climate change: the health of a planet in peril", ''Annals of the Association of American Geographers'', {{jstor|40863622}}
*Galen A. McKinley (2011), ''Eos'', {{doi|10.1029/2008EO430009}}
*Nathan F. Sayre (2008), ''Rangelands'', {{doi|10.2111/1551-501X-30.6.48}}, {{jstor|25547970}}
*''Kirkus Reviews'', [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/wallace-s-broecker/fixing-climate/]
*''Publishers Weekly'', [https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780809045013]
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==Articles==
*{{cite journal |last=Kunzig |first=Robert |date=March 2009 |title=The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom |journal=[[National Geographic Magazine]] |volume=215 |issue=3 |pages=38–59 |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219092505/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com//2009//03//canadian-oil-sands//kunzig-text |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2009 |access-date=29 May 2009}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101219115117/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/seven-billion/kunzig-text ''Seven Billion'']: at [[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]; retrieved .

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