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  • The Chalky White Crust on Britain’s Chalk Stream Beds: What the Marl Coating Pebbles in Hampshire’s Rivers Actually Is

    The Chalky White Crust on Britain’s Chalk Stream Beds: What the Marl Coating Pebbles in Hampshire’s Rivers Actually Is

    Environment, The World
  • The Silvery Crust on Snowdonia’s Slate: What Two Centuries of Rain, Quarry Dust and Welsh Weather Have Left on the World’s Most Famous Roofing Stone

    The Silvery Crust on Snowdonia’s Slate: What Two Centuries of Rain, Quarry Dust and Welsh Weather Have Left on the World’s Most Famous Roofing Stone

    Environment, The World
  • The Painted Hulls of the Humber: What the Traditional Anti-Fouling Coatings of Yorkshire’s Working Barges Actually Contained

    The Painted Hulls of the Humber: What the Traditional Anti-Fouling Coatings of Yorkshire’s Working Barges Actually Contained

    Environment, The World

    What did Yorkshire’s Humber keel barges use to protect their hulls? A deep dive into tar, pitch, tallow and the strange organic compounds that kept

  • The Bronze Skin of Britain’s Outdoor Statues: A Story of Deliberate Patination, Acid Rain and Georgian Square Pigeons

    The Bronze Skin of Britain’s Outdoor Statues: A Story of Deliberate Patination, Acid Rain and Georgian Square Pigeons

    Environment, The World
  • How the Black Houses of the Outer Hebrides Were Never Truly Black: The Surprising Palette Hidden Beneath the Soot

    How the Black Houses of the Outer Hebrides Were Never Truly Black: The Surprising Palette Hidden Beneath the Soot

    Environment, The World
  • Tallow, Resin and Sea Air: The Lost Coating Traditions of the Cornish Pilchard Fleet

    Tallow, Resin and Sea Air: The Lost Coating Traditions of the Cornish Pilchard Fleet

    Environment, The World
  • The Greening of Britain’s Canal Locks: What Two Centuries of Algae, Lime and Slow Water Are Doing to Cast Iron and Stone

    The Greening of Britain’s Canal Locks: What Two Centuries of Algae, Lime and Slow Water Are Doing to Cast Iron and Stone

    Environment, The World
  • Soot, Shelter and Survival: How Centuries of Peat Smoke Coated and Preserved the Timber Frames of Scottish Blackhouses

    Soot, Shelter and Survival: How Centuries of Peat Smoke Coated and Preserved the Timber Frames of Scottish Blackhouses

    Environment, The World
  • The Crumbling Grandeur of Britain’s Seaside Piers: What Iron, Wood and a Century of North Sea Winters Actually Does to a Structure

    The Crumbling Grandeur of Britain’s Seaside Piers: What Iron, Wood and a Century of North Sea Winters Actually Does to a Structure

    Environment, The World
  • Soot, Tallow and Centuries of Grime: What the Blackened Beams of Britain’s Medieval Great Halls Are Actually Coated With

    Soot, Tallow and Centuries of Grime: What the Blackened Beams of Britain’s Medieval Great Halls Are Actually Coated With

    Environment, The World
  • Why the Painted Harbours of Cornwall Are Fading Faster Than Anyone Expected

    Why the Painted Harbours of Cornwall Are Fading Faster Than Anyone Expected

    Environment, The World
  • The Peat Bog as Preservative: What the Finds From Britain’s Ancient Wetlands Tell Us About Natural Protection

    The Peat Bog as Preservative: What the Finds From Britain’s Ancient Wetlands Tell Us About Natural Protection

    Environment, The World
  • The Silent Work of Biofilms: How Microscopic Living Layers Are Slowly Repainting Britain’s Oldest Churchyards

    The Silent Work of Biofilms: How Microscopic Living Layers Are Slowly Repainting Britain’s Oldest Churchyards

    Environment, The World
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