Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

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When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacol.

Humans have been adapting to our environment as long as we've been around.

It's how we've settled everywhere from the bitter cold Arctic to the scorching desert heat.

But with heat waves, storms, and other extreme events fueled by our rapidly changing climate,

we're having to adapt on a scale we've never experienced before.

And the choices we make in how we adapt can sometimes come back to bite us, as in the case

of embankments built in Bangladesh that were supposed to stop floods but have made them worse.

Or they can lull us into a full sense of security, as in the case of sea walls in Japan that

were no match for the 2011 tsunami.

This is Science Quickly.

I'm Andrea Thompson, Scientific Americans News Editor for Earth and Environment.

Even our best intentions have unintended consequences, and when looking at past mistakes,

as journalist Stephen Robert Miller does in his new book, Over the Sea Wall, tsunamisunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the delusion of controlling nature.

It's clear that the more we try to hold nature in our grip, the more damage we ultimately

do.

Miller joins us to talk about what he learned in his reporting about these maladaptations and what

they can tell us about the potential pitfalls of adapting to climate change.

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