Episode 174: Woody Infestation

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that vines and climbing plants are more likely to infest smaller trees in Southeast Asian forests, with significant implications for global carbon storage and climate change.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3618/woody-infestation/'>here</a>.               </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14015'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read ‘Vine in Early Spring’ by Sara van Alstyne Allen <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=22881'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>