The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ian Ferguson (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 2,152 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
352 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World is an audiobook by Jeff Goodell: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Ferguson, released October 24, 2017, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Ferguson
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781478904045
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World as an audiobook?
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World?
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World is narrated by Ian Ferguson.
Is The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.