Author Profile: L Poppick

Laura Poppick

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A person applies manure to an agricultural field in winter, with cattle in distance.

News 8 November 2019

Manure Happens: The Environmental Toll of Livestock Antibiotics

New findings suggest antibiotics in cow manure can alter soil microbial activity, with implications for soil fertility and carbon emissions.

Biogeosciences

A landscape view of a peatland in Estonia

News 8 October 2019

Resilient Peatlands Keep Carbon Bogged Down

Boreal peatlands contain some of the world’s largest reservoirs of soil carbon, and new research suggests some peatlands may hold on to that carbon even as the climate changes.

Geology & Geophysics

An image of snowcapped mountains in the background with beige, eroded material from those mountains in the foreground

News 13 September 2019

How Volcanic Mountains Cool the Climate

Though coastal plutons spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they form, they also pull some of those gases back out of the atmosphere as they break down over time.

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

A gloved hand holding a clump of orange and green bacterial mat the size of a fist

Feature 6 May 2019

The Carbon Market Potential of Asbestos Mine Waste

Researchers have devised new methods to turn toxic asbestos mine tailings into innocuous piles of carbonate rock and draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide at the same time.

Ocean Sciences

A loggerhead sea turtle paddles off Cape Cod after spending six months rehabilitating at the New England Aquarium.

Feature 12 November 2018

Why Is the Gulf of Maine Warming Faster Than 99% of the Ocean?

The Gulf of Maine’s location at the meeting point of two major currents, as well as its shallow depth and shape, makes it especially susceptible to warming.

Geohealth

News 19 March 2018

Alaska Spotlights Its Health Risks from Climate Change

In the only Arctic state in the United States, Alaskans have already been affected by health repercussions of warming. More and worse lie ahead, a new state health report says.

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Climate Change