Derek Turner

Our rivers, as much as our oceans, are in urgent need of protection

Earth’s rivers are equivalent to a body’s veins, and neglect, mismanagement and sabotage are fast poisoning them

Detail of the great mosiac of the Nile from the Sanctuary at Praeneste, Palestrina, Italy. Now Ethiopia’s plans for the Nile’s headstreams could mean another Egyptian eclipse
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  • Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilisations and Shapes Our World

    Laurence C. Smith

    Allen Lane, pp. 356, £20

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