Are Human Burial Practices Messing Up Earth’s Ecosystems?
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Reactions Science Videos | October 13, 2021
Life depends on death — living things die, decompose and eventually become nutrients for other life. But when humans die, we’re often embalmed and buried or cremated. So are we breaking the circle of life? Also, check out episode 1 of Vitals!
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Identifying human diamine sensors for death related putrescine and cadaverine molecules
Putrescine and cadaverine
Biochemistry Changes That Occur after Death: Potential Markers for Determining Post-Mortem Interval
A greener way to go: what’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of a body?
More People Want a Green Burial, but Cemetery Law Hasn’t Caught Up
Thinking About Having a ‘Green’ Funeral? Here’s What to Know
Scientists search for death’s aroma
Recycling the dead
Decomposers
Life after death: the science of human decomposition
Modeling a cadaver decomp island
The science of human decay
Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems
Human versus animal: contrasting decomposition dynamics of mammalian analogues in experimental taphonomy
The Chemistry Decomposition in Human Corpses
Postmortem Changes
Burial & cremation rates in US
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