Episode 180 (14 Apr 2022): Erica Gies (Twitter: @egies; www.ericagies.com) is the author of "Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge." She's an independent reporter and National Geographic Explorer who writes about water, climate, plants, and critters for Scientific American, Nature, National Geographic, The New York Times, bioGraphic and other publications.

The best place for people to learn more about the book and buy it is: https://slowwater.world/ They can choose the UK or US version.

Here are a few stories Erica has written based on her reporting for the book:

Slow water...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/07/slow-water-urban-floods-drought-china-sponge-cities

California and paleo valleys: https://baynature.org/article/capturing-the-flood-in-californias-ancient-underground-waterways/

The Hyporheic Zone: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-revive-a-river-restore-its-hidden-gut1/

Chennai and the tanks: https://www.biographic.com/chennai-ran-out-of-water/

Peru and Indigenous infrastructure: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210510-perus-urgent-search-for-slow-water

Beijing and flooding: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/21/1041318/flooding-landscape-architecture-yu-kongjian/

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