Tom Yulsman is an associate professor at the University of Colorado's School of Journalism & Mass Communication, where he co-directs the Center for Environmental Journalism and serves as the News Editorial Sequence head.

He is also a faculty member in the Environmental Studies Program, and a faculty affiliate with the Center for Science & Technology Policy Research.

Yulsman received a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the State University of New York at Binghamton (1977), and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism (1980).

He has been a co-principal investigator in the NSF-funded Carbon, Climate and Society Initiative at CU. As co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism, he oversees a variety of programs (with his colleague, Len Ackland), including the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, a year-long, in-residence program for working journalists, and the environmental journalism emphasis in the School of Journalism's master's program. He is also a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Since he began his career as a science journalist in 1980, Yulsman has written for a variety of major publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Denver Post, Discover, Audubon magazine, Earth magazine and Astronomy. His journalistic work currently focuses on the earth and environmental sciences. Prior to joining the journalism school's faculty in 1996, Yulsman was editor-in-chief of Earth magazine. Until its closure in 1998, Earth was the only consumer magazine dedicated to the science of our planet.

As a science journalist, Yulsman has written one book: "Origins: the Quest for Our Cosmic Roots," published by the Institute of Physics in 2003. Other recent works include "Grass is Greener," a feature about the coming biofuels revolution, for Audubon magazine; "Meltdown" a story about glacial retreat in Glacier National Park, for Audubon; and "The Day the Sea Stood Still", an article for The Washington Post about the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum, one of the most dramatic episodes of global climate change in Earth history.

Yulsman blogs about science, the environment, policy and journalism at CEJournal. Climate change is a frequent topic, so he invites you to come join the discussion.