David Salt

David Salt is a Canberra-based science writer with over 30 years’ experience covering the spectrum of science, technology, and the environment. He began by establishing a national science magazine called The Helix for CSIRO Education, which he produced for 10 years. He was also Editor of Newton magazine for Australian Geographic, and Materials Monthly and ScienceWise for the Australian National University. He now writes and produces Decision Point, a research magazine from Australian National University on the latest environmental-decision science. In addition to writing for Cosmos, G-Mag, The Conversation, and Australasian Science, David has co-authored a number of seminal texts on biodiversity and resilience science.