Art Spivack

Arthur J. Spivack (born July 9, 1956 in Queens, New York), also known as "Art" or "Arturo", is an American geochemist. He is currently a professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.^[1]

Spivack's research interest is the geochemistry of the oceans, atmosphere, and crust. He developed the use of boron isotopes for determining the pH of ancient oceans.^[2] This approach provides a principal basis for estimating atmospheric CO₂ concentrations of the last several tens of million years.^[3] He led the investigation of the 2015 Salty Brine Beach explosion.^[4] He has also contributed to scientific understanding of geochemical fluxes in mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal systems and subduction zones^[5] and understanding of subseafloor life.^[6]

Spivack received his bachelor's degree (1980) in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1986).