Episode 61: The Mortality of Trees

<p>This episode explores new research, which proposes that long-lived trees (while living for several thousand years in some instances) are not actually immortal.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1409/the-mortality-of-trees/'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(20)30202-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1360138520302028%3Fshowall%3Dtrue'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Cypress, Dateless’ by Dara Wier <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90872/cypress-dateless'>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>