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L. Poppick

Laura Poppick is a freelance science and environmental journalist based in Maine. She has a background in geology and worked as a lab manager in the Princeton University Geosciences Department before pursuing a career in journalism. She is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication Program and has written for Scientific American, WIRED, Audubon, Smithsonian, Science, and elsewhere.

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Posted inGeoFIZZ

Communicating Earth’s Deep Past: A Q&A with Andrew Knoll

by L. Poppick 27 April 202113 October 2022

The Earth historian’s new book illustrates the long and winding road that brought our planet into the current moment of global change.

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

Manure Happens: The Environmental Toll of Livestock Antibiotics

by L. Poppick 8 November 201915 October 2021

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

A landscape view of a peatland in Estonia
Posted inNews

Resilient Peatlands Keep Carbon Bogged Down

by L. Poppick 8 October 20191 April 2022

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.

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How Volcanic Mountains Cool the Climate

by L. Poppick 13 September 20197 October 2021

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.

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Posted inFeatures

The Carbon Market Potential of Asbestos Mine Waste

by L. Poppick 6 May 2019

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.

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

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

by L. Poppick 12 November 201820 July 2022

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.

Alaska-shaped germs in a petri dish
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Alaska Spotlights Its Health Risks from Climate Change

by L. Poppick 19 March 20185 April 2018

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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Posted inNews

Engineering New Foundations for a Thawing Arctic

by L. Poppick 22 August 2017

Researchers experiment with new building supports to prepare the Arctic for rapid shifts in permafrost and ground stability.

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