Journaling like a Geologist at Higgins Beach
Join local science journalist Laura Poppick on a walk along Higgins Beach to learn how to see the world through a geologic lens, and how to decode some of the stories preserved in rocks along Scarborough's coastline. Laura will guide you through a journaling exercise to help you observe geologic details in the landscape. Sponsored by the Scarborough Land Trust. For free tickets visit the Scarborough Land Trust website. Meet near the street parking.
Laura Poppick is a science and environmental journalist whose stories have appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, 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. Her debut book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time (W.W. Norton), provides context for modern environmental change by exploring four other moments of global transformation in Earth’s deep geologic history. She lives in Portland, ME.
