Christian Science Monitor: A new study on the Arab Spring and Climate Change, finds evidence to suggest that it was not merely a coincidence that the Syrian revolution began just as the entire country was still struggling to survive after the worst drought ever recorded. Between 2006 and 2011 nearly 60% of Syria experienced the worst drought ever, turning much of the countrys farmland into barren dust bowls, and resulting in a series of severe crop failures. Due to the devastating drought and subsequent lack of food and...