
What does water want? Most humans seem to have forgotten
Asking what water wants sounds a bit mystical, even radical. But it’s a practical, proven path to creating a better world
by Erica Gies
Erica Gies is an independent journalist who covers science and the environment from Victoria, British Columbia, and San Francisco, California. Her work appears in The New York Times, Scientific American and National Geographic, among others. She is the author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (2022).