Jeremy Snyder

Jeremy Snyder

Pomona College

Jeremy Snyder

Project

How Rivers Shape the World

  • Ecuador
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  • Peru
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  • Brazil
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  • India

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Rivers impact our lives by shaping landscapes and ecosystems everywhere on earth. They flow through the nexus of diverse human cultures, wide-ranging scientific subjects, and ongoing environmental upheavals, and there has never been a better time to understand how the science of river systems impacts us. This year I explored the stories of four major processes through which rivers change our lives and planet: The Sedimentary Cycle, The Carbonate Cycle, How Rivers Live (shaping and being shaped by biology), and How Rivers Die (at the hands of humans who alter and over-use them). Through photography and science communication, I followed these stories along the rivers that tell them, starting with the Andes and Amazon and someday continuing with the rivers of the Himalayas.

Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation
Jeremy Snyder traveling with the Watson Foundation

2019 Fellows