Water Always Wins - Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge

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 recognize 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 civilizations 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.

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.

Summary

A journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change.

Foreword

A journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change.

Additional text

Gies proposes a new path... "Slow Water" is an approach that works with local landscapes, climates and cultures, rather than trying to dominate or change them

Product details

• Authors: Erica Gies
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781800247376
• ISBN: 978-1-80024-737-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Hydrodynamics, Social impact of environmental issues, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Non Fiction, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply