Episode 22: A Massacre in Mercury

from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth

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. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Quicksilver’ by Julie Suk 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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