Water Always Wins
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Water Always Wins
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Water Always Wins will take readers through time and around the world to understand the water we take for granted, and to learn to work in harmony with it.
A journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change.
A journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change.
Trouble with water – increasingly frequent, extreme floods and droughts – is one of the first obvious signs of climate change. Meanwhile, urban sprawl, industrial agriculture and engineered water infrastructure are making things worse. As our control attempts fail, we are forced to recognise an eternal truth: sooner or later, water always wins.
Award-winning science journalist Erica Gies follows water 'detectives' as they search for clues to water's past and present. Their tools: cutting-edge science and research into historical ecology, animal life, and earlier human practices. Their discoveries: a deeper understanding of what water wants and how accommodating nature can protect us and other species.
Modern civilisations tend to speed water away. We have forgotten that it must flex with the rhythms of the earth, and that only collaboration with nature will allow us to forge a more resilient future.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800247369
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 May 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Apollo
Illustration: 17 integrated b&w
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
Erica Gies is an award-winning journalist and National Geographic Explorer based in Victoria, British Columbia and San Francisco. She writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for the New York Times, Atlantic, Guardian, Economist, Scientific American, New Scientist, Wired, and other publications.
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