Episode 197: Beneath Shifting Canopies

from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that the diversity of present tree species is shaped by climate change in the last 21,000 years. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Native Trees’ by W.S. Merwin here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @samillingworth

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This episode explores new research, which has found that the diversity of present tree species is shaped by climate change in the last 21,000 years. If you want to find out more about the scientific study featured in this episode, or read any of the poems in full, then please visit the show notes at scipoetry.podbean.com.

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