Laura Poppick is a science and environmental journalist based in Maine. She is currently at work on STRATA (W.W. Norton), a book that delves into four geologic moments that shaped our planet as we know it today.

Laura’s stories have appeared in Smithsonian, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, National Geographic, Science and other publications. 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, amongst others.