Episode 180: A Lethal Climate

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that hotter days brought about by climate change have been linked to an increased risk of shootings in the United States.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3632/a-lethal-climate/'>here</a>.   </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799635'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘My Mother Contemplating Her Gun’ by Nick Flynn <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51623/my-mother-contemplating-her-gun'>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>