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New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War

2015-03-03 01:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Slate: By now, it's pretty clear that we're starting to see visible manifestations of climate change beyond far-off melting ice sheets. One of the most terrifying implications is the increasingly real threat of wars sparked in part by global warming. New evidence says that Syria may be one of the first such conflicts. We know the basic story in Syria by now: From 2006-2010, an unprecedented drought forced the country from a groundwater-intensive breadbasket of the region to a net food importer. Farmers...

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Climate Change Contributing Factor in Syrian Conflict

2015-03-02 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Moist air comes flowing off the Mediterranean into Syria each winter, unleashing rains that transform the dull brown countryside into myriad hues of green. But in 2005, the rains never fully materialized, the first of five consecutive failed rainy seasons that sparked the worst drought in Syria's history and directly preceded the country's descent into civil war. A groundbreaking study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that climate change doubled or...

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