Laura Poppick
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Portland, ME, United States
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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. → Read More
Glaciers May Have Covered the Entire Planet—Twice
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine.Ancient rocks suggest that ice entirely covered our planet on at least two… → Read More
Fish forensics: Ear bones reveal source of illegally introduced fish in Montana
Biologists in Montana have used forensic geochemistry to determine where illegally introduced carnivorous fish originally came from. → Read More
Nuclear Technology May Help Bring Early Mammal Evolution Into Focus
Using a neutron scanner at Los Alamos, paleontologists are generating high-resolution imagery of early mammal fossils → Read More
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. → Read More
The First Ice Skates Weren’t for Jumps and Twirls—They Were for Getting Around
Carved from animal shin bones, these early blades served as essential winter transport → Read More
Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change
One team is working with Inuvialuit elders to come up with a renewable energy terminology—and maybe revive a dying language → Read More
The Long, Winding Tale of Sperm Science
...and why it's finally headed in the right direction → Read More
Let Us Now Praise the Invention of the Microscope
Early scientists wielded this revolutionary tool to study the invisible world of microbes, and even their own semen → Read More
Air Bag Recall Highlights Need for Smarter Cars
The mounting recall of more than 33 million Takata air bags last week has exposed fundamental flaws in air bag technology, despite decades of innovation. → Read More
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? It's Not for Camouflage
Scientists have long struggled to explain why zebras have dark stripes. Now, a new study suggests that the stripes help these grazers stay cool in the midday equatorial heat. → Read More
In Photos: Why Zebras Have Black and White Stripes
Plains zebra in southern regions of Africa tend to have thinner, less defined stripes than plains zebra in the northern regions of their range. Thicker stripes may help zebra cool their bodies, a new study suggests. → Read More
California Droughts Could Have Dangerous Ripple Effects
As weather extremes intensify with climate change, drought- and fire-prone California will become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters like fires and landslides. → Read More
Life Under Ice: Robot Captures Views of Hidden Arctic Ecosystem
Researchers recently sent a remote-controlled underwater robot to explore the underside of stable Arctic sea ice, collecting the most detailed information yet of this largely unexplored environment. → Read More
Deadly Cholera Outbreaks Could Increase with Climate Change
In an effort to better understand the environmental conditions that cause deadly cholera outbreaks and to be able to predict them in the future, researchers based at the University of Maryland compiled more than 40 years of cholera studies to compare weather and groundwater conditions to patterns of outbreaks. Based on their findings, the scientists have successfully developed a method of using… → Read More
Deadly Cholera Outbreaks Could Increase with Climate Change
Regions of the world that experience extreme weather shifts due to climate change may become more vulnerable to the spread of cholera, scientists report. → Read More
'Failed' Arctic Expedition Celebrated on 100th Anniversary
The early 20th century Crocker Land Expedition to northwest Greenland may have failed when crewmembers discovered Crocker Land had been a mirage, but the explorers still managed to collect thousands of scientific specimens that benefit science today. → Read More
Photos: Artifacts and Specimens from the Crocker Land Expedition
See images from the Crocker Land Expedition, a largely forgotten early 20th century trek to northwest Greenland, that resulted in the collection of thousands of scientific specimens. → Read More
Mummified mammoth: Can we clone this critter?
Mummified mammoth: A small mummified baby mammoth is the star of a new exhibit in London. One of the most common questions at the exhibition: Can scientists clone a mammoth? And would it be ethical? → Read More
Scientists discover ancient caribou hunting site beneath Lake Huron
Researchers have spotted a 9,000 year old structure used to corral herds of caribou during the last ice age. → Read More