
Cynthia Barnett
Journalist in Residence | Director University of Florida
- Gainesville FL
Cynthia Barnett is an environmental journalist who writes about water and climate issues.
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Media Appearances
One of the world’s biggest sea snails at risk of extinction
National Geographic online
2022-04-08
The story focuses on Horse Conchs, the marine snails that build Florida’s colossal state seashell. According to the story, the iconic animals live shorter lives and reproduce later than previously understood which warned that the Gulf of Mexico population could be nearing collapse.
Op-Ed: Will Shell’s oil future outlast its ocean namesakes?
Los Angeles Times print
2021-12-09
When Royal Dutch Shell’s new chairman, Andrew Mackenzie, asks shareholders on Friday for their vote to move the global oil giant’s headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain and drop the “Royal Dutch,” he will also be asking to return the company home.
The Nasty Political Fight Over the First Weather Forecasts
Politico Magizines online
2019-09-14
On October 25, 1859, a slow-moving gale churned northward toward the British Isles, winds topping 100 miles an hour in a narrow fury over the Irish Sea. That evening, the steam clipper Royal Charter also approached the coast with 500 men, women and children aboard, on what should have been the celebratory last night of a two-month journey from Australia.