je.st
news
Israeli Water, Mideast Peace?
2014-02-17 01:34:54| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Nuclear proliferation, religious militancy and income inequality are all major threats to Middle East stability. Sadly, a new one is brewing: water scarcity. The human causes are clear: rapid population growth, antiquated infrastructure, the over-pumping of aquifers, inefficient crop practices and pollution from fertilizer and pesticides. Then there are the factors that climate change is accelerating, like evaporation of lakes and rivers and diminished rainfall. One country in the region might...
Tags: water
peace
israeli
mideast
Category:Electronics and Electrical