Science:Social Sciences
This episode explores new research which has found that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide causes marsh plants to increase in bulk but decrease in size, resulting in dense networks of underground roots that can potentially protect these marshes against rising sea levels.
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Read ‘Marshlands’ by Emily Pauline Johnson here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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