Mark Schrope is a freelance writer and editor based in Florida. He is currently writing a book about the Gulf oil spill called The Blowout Experiment, and has a blog on the topic. Mark has written hundreds of articles for outlets such as:

Business 2.0
Caribbean Travel + Life

Discovery.com
IEEE Spectrum

Modern Drug Discovery
NationalGeographic.com
Nature
Nature Reports: Climate Change
New Scientist
Outside
Outside Traveler
Outside's GO
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science
ScienceNOW
Scuba Diving
Smithsonian.com
Space.com
Sport Diver
Surfer
TechnologyReview.com

For information about Mark's editing and other non-journalistic work, visit Open Water Media.