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Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNext year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s...
The Euphrates River, at the 'Cradle of Civilization,' Is Drying Up
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...
Rivers can suddenly change course – scientists used 50 years of satellite images to learn where and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSatellite image of the Irrawaddy River delta in Myanmar, a major rice growing area. European Space...
Salt, drought decimate buffaloes in Iraq's southern marshes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no...
Top 20 Countries with Highest Water Consumption
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIn this article, we will be covering the top 20 countries with highest water consumption. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of the water industry...
Facing Intense Heat and Dust Storms, Iraq Aims to Plant 5 Million Trees
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has announced plans to plant 5 million trees to help...
Opinion: Finding a new path to water conservation for the next millennium, for California and the...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. uses less water for everything today than it did 40 years ago, despite a larger population...
Water increasingly at the center of conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScientist Peter Gleick has been studying water-related conflicts for three decades. He and fellow...
Iraq's water crisis drying up fish farming in Basra
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of...
Drought imperils Iraq's water buffalo and a child's way of life
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPetting a water buffalo before tying a fodder bag around its neck, Mustafa Ahmed tends his father's...