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Telmo Pievani - The Anthropocene and the paradoxes of water, an appointment with the collateral event to the exhibition Aqua Mater. Sebastiao Salgado, set up in the Sottoporticato spaces of Palazzo Ducale. Water is cheap, but has a huge value. There seems to be an abundance of it, but drinkable water is a small percentage, constantly degrading. We think it has always been there, but in reality it is very rare for a planet to have water in all three states. These are just some of the paradoxes of water, which effectively illustrate the meaning of the word Anthropocene. Biodiversity in fresh water and in the seas around the world is rapidly declining. Global warming is changing its acidity and ocean currents are reorganizing. All signs of an ongoing transition. During the conference, an evolutionary perspective will be proposed on what is happening in the relationship between the human species, water and the planet.