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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 Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
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
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
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
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
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
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
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
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
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