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Gnawing the Permafrost
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that Alaskan beavers could accelerate the thawing of permafrost soils, and therefore intensify climate change.
Jul 3, 2020
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Sam Illingworth
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Sam is a Professor in Creative Pedagogies. His research is concerned with trying to engage and empower people with science, especially those from under-served communities. He writes science poems to try and communicate some of the beautiful and important scientific research that is being done on a daily basis, all across the world.
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Lost in the Glow
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that artificial lighting along coastlines could be having a significant impact on species that rely on the moon and stars for navigation.
Jun 26, 2020
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Trees of (Urban) Life
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that increasing the canopy coverage of trees in cities could help to save lives.
Jun 18, 2020
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Unearthing the Clay House
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has used radiocarbon dating techniques to unravel the mystery of Por-Bajin, a medieval ruin in the Russian republic of Tuva in Southern Siberia.
Jun 12, 2020
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A Snake in the Wetlands
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found the accumulation of heavy metals in the livers of tiger snakes to be indicative of wider environmental damage to wetland areas.
Jun 5, 2020
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Celestial Cloudscapes
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has created a cloud atlas for extra-terrestrial planets.
May 29, 2020
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Giggling Guano
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has shown that penguin poo produces a significant amount of laughing gas.
May 22, 2020
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Moonlight Pollination
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has shown that moths play an important role as pollen transporters in English farmland.
May 15, 2020
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Fanning the Flames
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that logging is partly responsible for worsening the recent Australian wildfires.
May 8, 2020
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Salting the Earth
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has investigated how salt may be used for the long-term, safe disposal of nuclear waste.
May 1, 2020
Science Poems
Brain Smog
As chimney stacks spew forth our tainted offerings of industrial excrement, dilapidated ventilators strain to suck poison from the saturated veins of concrete obelisks; their glass facades opaque to the inevitability of our subsidence.
Apr 24, 2020
Science Poems
See-through Skin
Baptised in artificial waters, connective tissues rejoice in pre-set harmony; their purpose reborn as receptive intercessors that ache to vicariously denounce the darkness.
Apr 17, 2020
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Testing the Age of Sharks
Ageless giants glide beneath the waves, their stunted snouts sagging coyly at the impertinence of our horology.
Apr 10, 2020
Science Poems
A Twisted Knot
Ornate and prized as something grand, We didn’t know what you had planned; The warning signs we did not heed, You suffocate us with your need.
Nov 17, 2017