Episode 197: Beneath Shifting Canopies

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that the diversity of present tree species is shaped by climate change in the last 21,000 years.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3676/beneath-shifting-canopies/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add8553'>here</a>.   </p> <p>Read ‘Native Trees’ by W.S. Merwin <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43126/native-trees'>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>