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Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
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Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has shown climate warming destabilises boreal forests.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Forest of Dead Trees’ by Mark Turbyfill 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:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at the same spot.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Footsteps’ by Fanny Howe 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:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that more snow could protect glaciers from melt – but only if we curb greenhouse gas emissions soon.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Eating the Glacier’ by Lauren Winchester 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:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that rainforest protection reduces the number of respiratory diseases.
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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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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has observed warm ocean water moving beneath the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica, where it contributes to ice melting.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Ice' by Gail Mazur 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
X: @samillingworth