Death and Decomposition

Are humans destroying the circle of life? #decomposition #death #burial #ecosystem
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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Andy Adkins

Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD
Andy Adkins

Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sasha Voss, PhD
Danny Wescott, PhD


Sources:
Identifying human diamine sensors for death related putrescine and cadaverine molecules
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Putrescine and cadaverine https://www.rsc.org/images/TM0512-put...

Biochemistry Changes That Occur after Death: Potential Markers for Determining Post-Mortem Interval
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti....

A greener way to go: what’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of a body?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...

More People Want a Green Burial, but Cemetery Law Hasn’t Caught Up
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research....

Thinking About Having a ‘Green’ Funeral? Here’s What to Know
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/sm...

Scientists search for death’s aroma
https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i14/S...

Recycling the dead
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.or...

Decomposers
https://www.scienceworld.ca/resource/...

Life after death: the science of human decomposition

https://www.theguardian.com/science/n...

Modeling a cadaver decomp island
http://www.mat.ucm.es/momat/2010-05-1...

The science of human decay
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/28/707815...

Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17091...

Human versus animal: contrasting decomposition dynamics of mammalian analogues in experimental taphonomy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23550...

The Chemistry Decomposition in Human Corpses
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Postmortem Changes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...

Burial & cremation rates in US
https://nfda.org/news/statistics#:~:t....

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