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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
  • The Painted Caves of Cheddar: What Prehistoric Pigments Applied to Somerset Rock Tell Us About Humanity’s Oldest Urge to Coat a Surface

    The Painted Caves of Cheddar: What Prehistoric Pigments Applied to Somerset Rock Tell Us About Humanity’s Oldest Urge to Coat a Surface

    Environment, The World
  • The Amber Walls of Edinburgh’s Old Town: Why Sandstone Turns That Particular Gold and What It Is Actually Coated With

    The Amber Walls of Edinburgh’s Old Town: Why Sandstone Turns That Particular Gold and What It Is Actually Coated With

    Environment, The World
  • The Invisible Tide Mark: What the Salt Line Left on Britain’s Flood-Damaged Churches Actually Consists Of

    The Invisible Tide Mark: What the Salt Line Left on Britain’s Flood-Damaged Churches Actually Consists Of

    Environment, The World

  • Hemp: Britain’s Forgotten Crop Is Quietly Coming Back

    Environment
  • Waxwings, Waxy Berries and the Protective Coatings That Help Britain’s Winter Hedgerows Survive the Cold

    Waxwings, Waxy Berries and the Protective Coatings That Help Britain’s Winter Hedgerows Survive the Cold

    Environment, The World
  • The Rust-Red Walls of Ironbridge: What Victorian Industry Left Behind on Britain’s Most Famous Cast-Iron Structure

    The Rust-Red Walls of Ironbridge: What Victorian Industry Left Behind on Britain’s Most Famous Cast-Iron Structure

    Environment, The World
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