Is climate change threatening the iconic cricket bat?

The Cosmos Podcast

Feb 02, 2023•22 min

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Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.

Cricket bats might be losing their quality thanks to climate change's impact on willow growth, could bamboo be a better option? One team out of Cambridge University thinks it might.

Today Cosmos journalist Matthew Agius talks to Cambridge University’s Ben Tinkler-Davies, about the potential of bamboo.

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