Episode 78: Mercury Sinking

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that fish carcasses are transporting toxic mercury pollution from the atmosphere to the bottom of the world's oceans.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1645/mercury-sinking/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/11/10/2012773117'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Hall of Ocean Life’ by John Hollander <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=118&issue=5&page=21'>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>