Podcast appearances and mentions of Laurence C Smith

In Rivers of Power, geographer Laurence C. Smith explores the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it. Rivers are of course important in many practical ways (water supply, transportation, sanitation, etc). But the full breadth of their influence on the way we live is less obvious. Rivers define and transcend international borders, forcing cooperation between nations. Huge volumes of river water are used to produce energy, raw commodities, and food. Wars, politics, and demography are transformed by their devastating floods. The territorial claims of nations, their cultural and economic ties to each other, and the migrations and histories of their peoples trace back to rivers, river valleys, and the topographic divides they carve upon the world. And as climate change, technology, and cities transform our relationship with nature, new opportunities are arising to protect the waters that sustain us. Beautifully told and expansive in scope, Rivers of Power reveals how and why rivers have so profoundly influenced our civilization and examines the importance this vast, arterial power holds for the future of humanity.

A professor of environmental studies at the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, Laurence Smith is the author of over 150 articles and essays. Today we discuss his book, Rivers of Power, how our Natural Force, Race, Kingdoms Destroyed civilizations and Shapes Our World.

Im Sommer 2022 hat sich die größte Naturkatastrophe in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik gejährt: die Überflutung des Ahrtals. Die Ahr ist wieder in ihr Bett zurückgekehrt; aber sie hat gezeigt, welch zerstörerische Kraft sie entwickeln kann. Wie Flüsse die Entwicklung der Menschheit mitbestimmt haben und wie sie das Leben der Menschen heute prägen, damit befasst sich der Geowissenschaftler Laurence C. Smith. Rezension von Michael Kuhlmann. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Jürgen Schröder Siedler Verlag, 450 Seiten, 26 Euro ISBN 978-3-8275-0155-4

(00:00:40) Das Musée des Beaux Arts ist bereits 2019 ins neue Museumsquartier umgezogen. Im letzten Herbst wurde auch das Haus für das Foto-Museum Elysée und das Design-Museum Mudac eröffnet. Jetzt wird die Plateforme 10 feierlich eröffnet, mit Ausstellungen zum Thema «Zug» in allen drei Häusern. Weitere Themen: (00:04:55) Die «documenta fifteen» und ihr Medienpartner, das Strassenmagazin Asphalt. (00:08:43) Im Kinofilm «One of These Days» wird eine Auto-Verlosung zum Gladiatorenkampf. (00:12:53) Eine originelle Weltgeschichte bietet das Buch «Weltgeschichte der Flüsse» von Laurence C. Smith. (00:17:49) Die Performance-Reihe «The Future of the Earth» versucht, Klimaveränderungen erfahrbar zu machen.

Laurence C. Smith: "Weltgeschichte der Flüsse. Wie mächtige Ströme Reiche schufen, Kulturen zerstörten und unsere Zivilisation prägen" Übers.: Jürgen Schröder | Siedler Verlag 2022 | Preis: 26,-- Euro

While interviewing Dr. Laurence C. Smith for an episode in May about his new book, "Rivers of Power, we went down a rabbit hole of talking about Supraglacial Rivers.  This short conversation gets the basics of these unique rivers that start on the top of the glaciers and is a more candid expression from Dr. Smith about this topic that he researches at great depth.  Supraglacial rivers are constantly moving their locations, changing flows and are unique among rivers as they carry no sediment.   GUESTDr. Laurence C. Smith RESEARCHNorthern Change Research LaboratorySupraglacial River Forcing of Subglacial Water Storage and Diurnal Ice Sheet Motion BOOKSRivers of PowerThe World in 2050 VIDEOSWhat a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet ARTICLEShttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-meltinghttp://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-catastrophic-greenland-melt-20150112-story.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/climate/greenland-ice-melting.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html THE RIVER RADIUSPrevious episode with Dr. Laurence C. Smith, "The Book:  Rivers of Power" on our Website, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.   WebsiteEmailInstagramFacebook

"Rivers of Power"was published in 2020.  It covers humans' history with rivers from some of the earliest civilizations to the most powerful nations today and how water is possibly the greatest natural capital.  Rivers, their water and their usefulness for society has not changed.  What is changing is how humans can and do move that water from source to a place of use.  This episode explores great canals that are under construction, massive dams that are creating international tensions, efforts to use water over and over and over.  Our human relationship with rivers is ongoing and morphing and simultaneously static.  Dr. Smith seems to know this and is able to explain this through cultures and time.  Dr. Laurence C. Smith was a professor at UCLA for 20 years in the Geography Department and now teaches at Brown University.  He also conducts research in the northern arctic learning about rivers that form from the ice melt of glaciers.  Videos and links of Dr. Smiths arctic work and research:https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/what-a-glacial-river-reveals-about-the-greenland-ice-sheethttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/climate/greenland-ice-melting.html?mtrref=duckduckgo.com&gwh=55A49A12C52C7A3814A02AA9C525DD28&gwt=regi&assetType=REGIWALL The River Radius PodcastWebsiteEmailInstagramFacebook

LAURENCE C. SMITH (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/laurence_c_smith) is the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. He is the author, most recently, of Rivers of Power. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/laurencecsmith-how-humans-make-the-earth-their-home

On today’s episode, Simone and Jacques recognize the 10th anniversary of the Gulf Oil Disaster and highlight what people are saying about progress and ongoing challenges in the Gulf a decade later. Learn more at http://mississippiriverdelta.org/decade-after-disaster/. They then bring on Laurence C. Smith, the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, to discuss his new book: RIVERS OF POWER: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World, which explores the underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it, and examines the importance this vast, arterial power holds for our present, past, and future.

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