The Three Ages of Water Audiobook Libro.fm

A revelatory account of how water has shaped the course of human life and history and a positive vision of what the future can holdif we act now

From the very creation of the planet billions of years ago to the present day water has always been central to existence on Earth And since long before the legendary Great Flood it has been a defining force in the story of humanity

In The Three Ages of Water Peter Gleick guides us through the long fraught history of our relationship to this precious resource Water has shaped civilizations and empires and driven centuries of advances in science and technologyfrom agriculture to aqueducts steam power to space explorationand progress in health and medicine

But the achievements that have propelled humanity forward also brought consequences including unsustainable water use ecological destruction and global climate change that now threaten to send us into a new dark age We must change our ways and quickly to usher in a new age of water for the benefit of everyone Drawing from the lessons of our past Gleick charts a visionary path toward a sustainable future for water and the planet