Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
This episode explores new research, which has found a dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In the Greenhouse’ by Eugenio Montale 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that satellite cameras coupled with machine learning can be used to detect and count African elephants in complex geographical landscapes.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Elephant Armageddon’ by Gerard Malanga 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century because of global warming.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘River Snow’ by Mark van Doren 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
This episode explores new research, which has shown that the mangroves on the coasts of Oman disappeared about 6,000 years because of climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Caribbean Marsh’ by Muna Lee 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that the Moon controls the release of methane in the Arctic Ocean.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Low Tide’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay 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
