Episode 87: Foraging Fungi
02/08/21 • 7 min
This episode explores new research, which has investigated how fungi navigate through the complex microscopic maze-like structures found in the soil.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fungus on Fallen Alder at Lookout Creek’ by Ellen Bass here.
This episode explores new research, which has investigated how fungi navigate through the complex microscopic maze-like structures found in the soil.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fungus on Fallen Alder at Lookout Creek’ by Ellen Bass here.
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Episode 86: Plastic Seagrass
This episode explores new research, which has found a dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s.
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Read ‘In the Greenhouse’ by Eugenio Montale here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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This episode explores new research, which has discovered that a large seashell found in the archives of a French museum is actually a musical instrument used around 18,000 years ago.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'The Sea Shell’ by Marin Sorescu here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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