Author of "Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge." Reporter for SciAm, NatGeo, etc. I'm no longer here. I'm there: @ericagies.bsky.social
Victoria, B.C. / San Francisco
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"SLOW WATER" is what I'm calling the way we can adapt to avoid the increased flood risk of 48 percent of global land area by 2100, and 52% of the population, per a new study from @nature slowwater.world/
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I'm thrilled to be a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! Esp heartening as I'm writing book 2, "Roots to Sky." @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org nationalacademies.org/news/n…
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People in Victoria, BC! This is a golden opportunity!
“Their age does not define them.” That’s the message the BC SPCA branch in Comox is hoping to share as it seeks a permanent home for two senior cats, a mother and daughter, who have been in care for 140 days without a single adoption application.
cheknews.ca/comox-spca-seeks…
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My audiobook publisher is offering a major discount right now!
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Just in time for the holidays, a big discount on my audio book: 50% OFF Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
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50% OFF Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge through September 5. audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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If you prefer hearing books to reading them, my audiobook is 50% OFF through May 11, Sunday -- Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge: audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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Erica Gies / SlowWater.World retweeted
Water is essential, but access to clean water remains a global challenge. This #WorldWaterDay, discover how engineering is shaping the future of water by listening to our podcast episode with @RomaTheEngineer, @egies and @YeWanDae. 💧
🎧 qeprize.org/podcasts/the-fut… @UN_Water
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Mr. Sponge City, Kongjian Yu, makes cities porous to soften floods & droughts. His story & the #slowwater movement are in my book "Water Always Wins." Now we & Warren Wood have a Comment in NatureWater on how to help stabilize the climate: a Sponge Planet. rdcu.be/d5ouG
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Humans have degraded 75 percent of Earth's land, destabilizing the #water cycle, amplifying effects of excess CO2. The water cycle is a key climate stabilizer but overlooked by policymakers. Restoring wetlands, floodplains, forests, recreating a Sponge Planet, will help.
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Erica Gies / SlowWater.World retweeted
Last week in Montrey, CA, we spotted sea otters in the wild!
At @MontereyAq, we were entranced by the giant kelp forest tank and spotted Whale Fall in the gift shop.
So glad @pfairley & @egies invited us to visit for a week of fun, adventure, and reconnecting.
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For the holidays: 70% OFF the Audiobook: Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
An uplifting gift for people concerned with water and solutions audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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If this isn't the nail in the coffin than I really don't know what is. Systematic review finds carbon offsets don't work. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Erica Gies / SlowWater.World retweeted
BREAKING: Tsunami activity forecast to hit San Francisco at 12:10.
If you are in a tsunami warning area, a tsunami with damaging waves and powerful currents is possible.
tsunami.gov/
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Thanks for sharing that bit, @NebraskaSower. And thanks for reading!
"In his free time, Pomerantz hunts & maps ghost streams... His eyes see what others miss— like this puddle, or certain water-loving plants that are clues to lost creeks. He gestures toward the trees that line the park’s edge on Fulton Street. 'Willows are like a flag,' he says."
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Erica Gies / SlowWater.World retweeted
Read four leading experts' convo on how nature-based solutions can bridge the gap between human needs & ecological health & restore humanity’s place amongst the natural world: buff.ly/4fuqGmF
@FeliciaMarcus @WaterintheWest @egies @DrSuzanneSimard @lauraetam @ResourcesLF
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Water has memory. And we've taken so much of its space. The global #slowwater movement is making people safer by returning floodplains (which exist to absorb floods), wetlands, meadows and forests to a more natural water cycle. Stories in my book press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books…
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Erica Gies / SlowWater.World retweeted
Hundreds of salmon are now spawning in Klamath River tributaries above the 4 recently dismantled dams for the first time 60 & 112 years. It is exciting and bodes well for the future. Still, it will take several years for fish runs to recover & there is still much more work to do.
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