Episode 83: When the Mangroves Disappeared

<p>This episode explores new research, which has shown that the mangroves on the coasts of Oman disappeared about 6,000 years because of climate change.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1754/when-the-mangroves-disappeared/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/collapse-of-holocene-mangrove-ecosystems-along-the-coastline-of-oman/4F7CE82268B8F022774E695F6DB22F79'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Caribbean Marsh’ by Muna Lee <a href='https://poets.org/poem/caribbean-marsh'>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> </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>