The fresh waters of Corsica so precious and fragile

272 pages, photos from the top of the mountains of Corsica to the Mediterranean to better know these waters to understand their fragility. Antoine Orsini observes and admires these treasures as the enthusiast that he is, but the scientist does not forget to suggest avenues for the future:

This book is 35 years of research and passion

_”_It’s water in all its states I start by talking about groundwater, including mineral thermal and thermal water, then it is above all surface water, whether running water, rivers or stagnant water, lakes, whether natural such as mountain lakes that I have been skimming for a few years, but also artificial lakes such as dam reservoirs, whether EDF dams or dams managed by the Hydraulic Equipment Office.

The inevitable droughts?

_”_The consequences of climate change deserved an entire chapter because it is fundamental. First, in terms of the quantity of water, there is less and less water in the rivers. There is less and less water because it is getting hotter and hotter. There is something called evapotranspiration. When it’s very cold, the water is blocked in the mountains in the form of snow, which we don’t have this year. So the future isn’t rosy, I don’t want to look like an ominous bird, there is a section on management proposals, resilience proposals that is to say how we are going to adapt to the consequences and not to the consequences in 2030″

Water needs to be stored.

_”_The photos are extraordinary because they are not mine, they are my friend Philippe Pierangeli who is an artist and who is aware of the environment in general and water in particular. Everything is illustrated and there will be some photos of critters because I have some photos taken with a binocular magnifying glass under a microscope. But then there is the bottom too. And the background is also the problem of renewable energies, in particular hydroelectricity.

In 2030 or 2050, energy autonomy is expected. _I think the road is going to be hard compared to hydroelectricity, we won’t be able to turbine_this also poses the problem of water storage.

• To be published by Éditions 8StudioScamaroni, in French with a Corsican-language version and an English-language version via associated QR codes.