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By Laura Poppick on 24 February, 2013 0

About Laura Poppick

I sympathize with people who find rocks boring, because they used to bore me, too. Geology called to me because I cared about the environment, not rocks. I loved water, mud, the homes of living things—but not cold, lifeless rocks. Hundreds of rocks later, I changed. As I worked in Australia, North America, and the Arctic, I found entire eras bound in rocks. I didn’t care any less about mud and water, but rocks throbbed with stories of past environments. Fieldwork revealed more stories emerging from unexpected places, including dust and even septic tanks. Science is energizing, and science writing gives me space to explore and share that buzz. If people find rocks boring or septic tanks simple, I want to change their minds. This challenge now energizes me more than science itself.

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