Episode 47: Brain Smog

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that rising carbon dioxide levels may directly harm our ability to think.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1265/brain-smog/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019GH000237'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Thought’ by Thomas Pfau <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/41429/thought-56d21f952b812'>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>