Strata: Stories from Deep Time with Laura Poppick

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Tripp Collins interviews Laura Poppick about her book 'Strata: Stories from Deep Time' and the geologic lens that reveals Earth's history.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Book Science Podcast, I talk with science and environmental journalist Laura Poppick about her book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time (Illustrations by Sarah Gilman). We explore the geologic lens, a way of seeing the world that transforms ordinary landscapes into a 4.5-billion-year narrative. From the Great Oxygenation Event to the surprising role of mud in Earth history, Laura explains how geologists decode the Earth through layered rock. We also discuss...

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Guest: Laura Poppick

Topics covered

• geology
• environmental journalism
• Earth history

Keywords

• Great Oxygenation Event
• mud
• layered rock

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Strata: Stories from Deep Time

Books & works: Strata: Stories from Deep Time, Illustrations by Sarah Gilman

Places: Earth

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