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The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive by Alex Southwick

The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Southwick (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive at common listening paces
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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive is an audiobook by Alex Southwick: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Southwick, released October 25, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Southwick
Released
October 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9798347815074

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive as an audiobook?

The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive?

The Thirsting Earth: The Global Water Crisis and Our Race to Survive is narrated by Alex Southwick.