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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 May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has nitrogen has turned sargassum (i.e. brown seaweed) into the world's largest harmful algal bloom.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Seaweeds’ by Sandra Mcpherson 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
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that Greenland is becoming darker and warmer.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘You Could Never Take A Car to Greenland’ by Maggie Smith 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
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that lichen may take up to a century to fully recover from wildfire.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Springtime in the Rockies, Lichen’ by Lew Welch 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
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
This episode explores new research, which re-considers what is happening to plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Deep Sea’ by Axton Clark 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
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that sponges leave trails on the sea floor in the Arctic deep sea.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Sponge’ by Joshua Mehigan 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