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Laura Poppick

Laura Poppick
Laura Poppick is a science and environmental journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, National Geographic, Science, and elsewhere. She has been listed as a finalist for the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award and the Maine Literary Awards Short Works Competition in Nonfiction, among others. She lives in Portland, Maine.


How an Ancient Ice Age Froze the Entire Earth—And Helped Humanity Flourish

Laura Poppick on the Power and Permanence of Nature's Coldest Element
July 22, 2025  By Laura Poppick
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