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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...
Drought reveals ruins of 3,400-year-old city at bottom of reservoir
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMuch of Iraq has seen devastating drought conditions over the past year, leaving people and crops...
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...
Ancient Sumerians invented water flumes thousands of years earlier than previously thought
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe British Museum’s ongoing Girsu Project discovered the true function of a mysterious structure -...
Drought imperils Iraq's water buffalo and a child's way of life
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPetting a water buffalo before tying a fodder bag around its neck, Mustafa Ahmed tends his father's...
Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoThe United Nations' human rights chief on Wednesday warned that Iraq's water crisis could affect...
Severe water shortages strain wheat harvest in Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSalah Chelab crushed a husk of wheat plucked from his sprawling farmland south of Baghdad and inspected its seeds in the palm of one hand. “It’s because...
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...
Water increasingly at the center of conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoScientist Peter Gleick has been studying water-related conflicts for three decades. He and fellow...
Middle East's Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbbas Elwan drilled well after well in a desperate bid to find water for his family's parched farmlands in southern Iraq. Hikma Meteab found her husband's body the next day with a gunshot wound ...
