The Science
Climate change is responsible for a wide range of global events, from weather patterns to rising sea levels. This poem deals with the reality of coastal erosion of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It and how protecting one piece of coast adversely affects other areas through increased land loss.

The Poet
Clint Wastling’s poetry has been published widely, including Orbis, Dream Catcher and Marble. Clint has a collection – Layers published by Maytree Press. His novel, The Geology of Desire, is an LGBTQ thriller set around Whitby in the 1980’s and Hull during World War II. He also has a sci-fi novel: Tyrants Rex set 3000 years in the future, both published by Stairwell Books.

East Of Zero by Clint Wastling

This poem is inspired by recent research, which suggests that the magnetic 'sixth' sense that some animals possess is likely to come from bacteria.

Symbiotic Senses

Welcome to Consilience
the online poetry journal exploring the spaces where science and art meet. Each issue of Consilience features poems about science all linked by a common theme, written by poets of all backgrounds. At Consilience, we aim to publish all the submissions that we receive and to make both the poetry and the science accessible to all audiences. Here, we feature audio recordings of poems or short pieces by authors who published in Consilience. For more information about the journal, team and how to submit a poem, visit our website: https://www.consilience-journal.com/

Audio poems produced by Zed Sehyr @Consilience Journal

East Of Zero by Clint Wastling

Consilience

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