Geology – Weekly
“Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink” (Coleridge, 1798), quoted from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, written in 1798 by Samual Coleridge. Here is a link to the complete poem: www.online-literature.com/coleridge/646/
Coleridge, S. (1798). The literature network. Retrieved from www.online-literature.com/coleridge/646/
Writer – Investigate the ways in which human-caused water shortages, contamination, floods, or other processes associated with fresh water (e.g. erosion and deposition of sediment) have affected human history.
Choose a specific example in history and describe it. Include when a historical event occurred, effects, etc., and describe how society responded. What effects did those responses have? Finally, do you think the event described could happen again? Where and why?
