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/articles/PMC5783396/

Putrescine and cadaverine https://www.rsc.org/images/TM0512-putrescine-cadaverine_tcm18-221656.pdf

Biochemistry Changes That Occur after Death: Potential Markers for Determining Post-Mortem Interval
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836773/#:~:text=An%20early%20study%20reported%20that,by%2096%20hours%20post%2Dmortem.

A greener way to go: what’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of a body?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/09/greener-way-to-go-eco-friendly-way-dispose-of-body-burial-cremation

More People Want a Green Burial, but Cemetery Law Hasn’t Caught Up
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/11/20/more-people-want-a-green-burial-but-cemetery-law-hasnt-caught-up#:~:text=While%20no%20state%20laws%20explicitly,burial%20to%20gain%20a%20foothold.

Thinking About Having a ‘Green’ Funeral? Here’s What to Know
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/smarter-living/green-funeral-burial-environment.html

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

Recycling the dead
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/recycling-dead

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

Life after death: the science of human decomposition

https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2015/may/05/life-after-death

Modeling a cadaver decomp island
http://www.mat.ucm.es/momat/2010-05-11NadiaSmithRepotOxfordCadaver.pdf

The science of human decay
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/28/7078151/body-farm-texas-freeman-ranch-decay

Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17091303/

Human versus animal: contrasting decomposition dynamics of mammalian analogues in experimental taphonomy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23550805/

The Chemistry Decomposition in Human Corpses
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318772231_The_Chemistry_Decomposition_in_Human_Corpses

Postmortem Changes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539741/

Burial & cremation rates in US
https://nfda.org/news/statistics#:~:text=Rates%20of%20Cremation%20and%20Burial,up%208.1%25%20from%202015).

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