Cynthia Barnett is an award-winning environmental author and journalist who has reported on water and climate change around the world. Her latest book, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans, was recently named one of the best science books of 2021 by NPR’s Science Friday. Cynthia serves as Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, where she leads student field reporting on water and climate change; trains PhD students in scientific storytelling and leadership; and works on climate communications from the perspectives of community outreach and journalist training. Cynthia’s classes include Environmental Journalism; Viral Rhetoric; and Science, Narrative and the Greater Good.
Cynthia is also author of the water books Mirage; Blue Revolution; and Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, long-listed for the National Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. She has written for National Geographic magazine, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Discover magazine, Salon, Politico, Orion, and many other publications.
