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Erdogan Pledges To Ease Iraq’s Water Shortage
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on Turkey’s water outreach to Iraq: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.Baghdad accuses Ankara of withholding water in dams that choke the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near their point of origin in […]
Read more »Dammed Thirsty: The Cross-Border Fight For Water
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a look at some of the world’s cross-border fights for water: With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, the huge dams being built by some countries to boost their power supplies while their neighbours go parched are a growing source of potential conflict.Ahead of a […]
Read more »The Mesopotamian Marshes Are Disappearing, Again
January 22nd, 2023
Via Yale’s e360, a look at how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes are disappearing as a regional drought enters its fourth year and upstream dams cut off water flows: Three years ago, the vast marshlands of southern Iraq’s Dhi Qar province were flourishing. Fishermen glided in punts across swathes of still water between vast reed beds, while buffalo […]
Read more »In Drought-Hit Iraq, A Dam Threatens To Swallow Farmland
November 29th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on a dam in drought-hit Iraq that threatens farmland: Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations — but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are threatened by the […]
Read more »For Water-Stressed Iraq, Wells Threaten Race To The Bottom
October 31st, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on how Iraq’s water scarcity is causing many to drill more wells, exacerbating the already fragile groundwater crisis: Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are forcing it to dig ever deeper for a more precious resource: water. The war-scarred […]
Read more »Millions At Risk Of Climate Displacement In Middle East
October 31st, 2022
Via Seed Daily, a report on how millions are at risk of climate displacement in Middle East: Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people. Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers’ syndicate in Egypt which […]
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