Mark Schrope is a freelance writer and editor based in Florida. He is currently writing a book about the Gulf oil spill. He 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
The New York Times
Outside
Outside Traveler
Outside's GO
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science
ScienceNOW
Scuba Diving
Smithsonian.com
Space.com
Sport Diver
Surfer
TechnologyReview.com
The Washington Post

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