A Path Out of the Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick)
The Climate Pod
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The Evolution of Homo Sapiens
Early societies were developed around reliable water sources, but we also know that there are natural changes to the climate. The fact that Homo sapiens ultimately were able to live successfully in dry conditions and wet conditions was a really important factor in their ability to outcompete other species. This is something that climate scientists have understood for a long time. Those cycles have led to the fluctuations, the ice ages and then the warm periods and then again ice ages over millions of years.
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