Waterlands

Fighting water with water (Flooding)

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Episode notes

The ebb and flow of the waters that cover our lands is one of nature's well-known phenomenons, defining our yearly cycles and driving life on earth. But these cycles are being thrown out of balance, with devastating effects.

On this episode, we explore the history of flooding in Britain — is what we’re experiencing now unique, or has it all happened before? 

We go to a special place in Somerset where water has been allowed to take over the landscape, as it did in the past. And we meet someone whose home was flooded, and hear how that experience led her to some profound truths about climate change. 

Featuring: Daisy Hildyard (author, The Second Body), Hannah Cloke OBE (Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading), Tim McGrath (Head of Project Development, WWT). Presented by Roxy Furman. 

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Waterlands is a series brought to you by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. It’s an 18Sixty production, and the producer is Eliza Lomas.