It's strange that we are calling our planet "Earth" as there isn't all that much earth around here. There's a metal core, some rocky stuff around it, and just a very thin layer of earth covering less than a third of the surface. So, looking at it from the outside, it makes sense to call it Planet Aqua instead, and to write a book about how the history of civilisations is really about managing the flow of all that water, and how due to the climate catastrophe which we have caused, we are now losing that control over the hydrosphere. Which Jeremy Rifkin has done:
Planet Aqua: Rethinking our home in the UniverseMy long essay review of the book is now out in the September issue of C&I:
by Jeremy Rifkin
Polity Press 2024
Go with the flow
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 9, September 2025, Page 34
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only)
As always, I can send a PDF on request.
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