Episodes
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Episode 21: Natural fragmentation
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that while much of the Earth's land surface remains relatively wild, it is threatened by anthropogenic fragmentation.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Human Habitat’ by Alison Hawthorne Deming here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Monday Oct 21, 2019
Episode 20: The Disease of Deforestation
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found a strong correlation between the rate of deforestation and the transmission of malaria in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Rainforest’ by Teresa Mei Chuc here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Episode 19: Degrading Terrains
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that there has been a clear degradation in mountain permafrost across the central Alps over the past two decades, likely brought about by climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Twilight in the Alps’ by Henry van Dyke Jr here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Episode 18: Collapsing Birds
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that heat stress from climate change has caused a dramatic decline across bird populations in the Mojave Desert in North America.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Death of the Bird’ by A. D. Hope here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth