Understanding: Water with Explorer Erica Gies

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Erica Gies is an independent journalist, National Geographic Explorer, and the author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge, published in the U.S., the U.K., and China. Her reporting on water, climate change, plants and critters appears in Scientific American, Nature, The New York Times, bioGraphic, The Guardian, and others. She has given keynote talks at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, scientific and water industry conferences, and to government agencies, community organizations, NGOs, and classrooms. Media appearances include CBC’s What on Earth; National Public Radio's Morning Edition; CNN International; and many public radio broadcasts in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, the United States.

00:00: Intro
00:38: 💧 What does Water want?
06:24: 🌱 the importance of soil health
12:29: 🌊 the Problems with levees and dams
18:08: 🌊 ancient water management systems
24:03: 🌊 urban flooding in China
30:01: 🌾 negative consequences of levees
35:55: 🦫 Beavers are water engineers
41:54: 🌊 positives of Beavers
47:45: 🌊 Hydropower and carbon emissions
53:29: ! considering water in climate solutions
1:00:04: 🌍 Rapid Fire Questions