His articles have appeared in The American Prospect, The Baffler, Abu Dhabi’s The National, ClimateWire, InsideClimate News, Scientific American, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among other print and on-line publications. He is a contributing writer at The Brooklyn Rail and an associate producer on “Years of Living Dangerously,” a documentary series about climate change airing on Showtime. Robert has reported extensively in the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, the United States, Central and South America, and Asia, covering topics ranging from politics and economics to culture and religion. He earned a B.A. in Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University and an M.A. in health and science journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.