Episode 60: Forecasting Drought

<p>This episode explores new research, which has shown how satellite imagery can be used to provide drought early warning systems in sub-Saharan Africa.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1401/forecasting-drought/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003442572030256X?via%3Dihub#!'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘The Drought’ by Gary Soto <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/33697/the-drought-56d2172751f02'>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>