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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 Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that metal pollution from agriculture and shipping poses an emerging threat to coral reefs.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Coral’ by Derek Walcott 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 Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found a large number of microplastics in oysters and clams along the Oregon coast in the United States.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘What Makes a Pearl’ by Emily Rose Cole 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 Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found how satellites can be used to map the effect that ship emissions have on cloud formation.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Oh Great O North Cloud’ by Allen Grossman 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 Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that an ancient extinction event on Earth may have been caused (in part) by mercury poisoning from volcanic eruptions.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Quicksilver’ by Julie Suk 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 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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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth