Episode 9: Our Elephant Graveyard
08/05/19 • 10 min
Trees and plants use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, removing it from the atmosphere. In this episode of the podcast I investigate how forest elephants help to make this process more efficient, and how their extinction will have negative effects on global warming.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Elephant Graveyard’ by Roy Marz here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Trees and plants use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, removing it from the atmosphere. In this episode of the podcast I investigate how forest elephants help to make this process more efficient, and how their extinction will have negative effects on global warming.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Elephant Graveyard’ by Roy Marz 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: [email protected]
Twitter: @samillingworth
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Recent research has shown that global warming might be responsible for an increase in fungal infections amongst humans. In this episode of the podcast I investigate the research behind these claims, and what it means for future climates.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Book of the Dead Man (Fungi)’ by Marvin Bell here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Extinction’ by Jackie Kay here.
Find out more about Global Witness here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @samillingworth
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