Episode 203: Empty Echoes of Rain

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that global flash droughts are expected to increase in a warming climate.</p> <p>--- Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3692/empty-echoes-of-rain/'>here</a>.   Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00826-1'>here</a>.    Read ‘Dear Drought’ by Amy Beeder <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/55231/dear-drought'>here</a>. --- Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>