Episode 60: Forecasting Drought

from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth

This episode explores new research, which has shown how satellite imagery can be used to provide drought early warning systems in sub-Saharan Africa. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘The Drought’ by Gary Soto 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

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jul 27, 2020

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