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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

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    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
  • Lichen: The World’s Most Patient Painter and What It’s Trying to Tell Us About Air Quality

    Lichen: The World’s Most Patient Painter and What It’s Trying to Tell Us About Air Quality

    Environment, The World
  • Ice Climbing and the Physics of Frost: What Natural Ice Coatings Teach Us About Extreme Environments

    Ice Climbing and the Physics of Frost: What Natural Ice Coatings Teach Us About Extreme Environments

    Environment, The World
  • Biofilms: The Slippery, Stubborn, Strangely Beautiful Coatings Taking Over the World’s Rivers

    Biofilms: The Slippery, Stubborn, Strangely Beautiful Coatings Taking Over the World’s Rivers

    Environment, The World
  • Painted Deserts: How Extreme Heat and UV Destroy Outdoor Surfaces Around the World

    Painted Deserts: How Extreme Heat and UV Destroy Outdoor Surfaces Around the World

    Environment, The World
  • The Smell of Rain on Hot Earth: What Petrichor Tells Us About Nature’s Hidden Chemistry

    The Smell of Rain on Hot Earth: What Petrichor Tells Us About Nature’s Hidden Chemistry

    Environment, The World
  • Desert Varnish: The Ancient Rust That Paints Canyon Walls

    Desert Varnish: The Ancient Rust That Paints Canyon Walls

    Environment, The World
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