We’ve found an impressive compilation of the photos made by The National News. Few of them are masterpieces of art photography. Let’s have a look at the pictures carefully. The dried-up and cracked surface of what used to be marshland at Chibayish. A boy walks along through an almost empty irrigation channel […]
As the most prominent representative of the Arab world in the international community, can the Arab League yield major results for a region struggling with desertification, water scarcity, and other environmental issues? Let’s check the answer presented by Austin Bodett in the New Arab. The author is a writer specializing in the Arab world. His […]
Rising sea levels, increasingly severe storms, and deadly heat waves may imperil the region in coming decades, scientists and studies say, Middle East Eye warns. Let’s get to know more on this issue. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that the Middle East gets hot in the summer, but scientists and studies warn […]
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) started on Tuesday a campaign for the fourth time intending to provide sustainable water in four provinces suffering from drought, IRNA reported on Tuesday. The long-standing 20-year-old drought in the region is forcing many to have to provide their water from tank trucks delivering water to the areas. The […]
The history of the Middle East, and the recent teachings of the 2010-11 uprisings, highlight an important lesson: ignore ecological integrity at your peril. Let’s check what Olivia Lazard states on this issue. *** In 149 BC, Marcus Porcius Cato – a politician, soldier and citizen dedicated to the study of agriculture – saw a […]
Rising temperatures in the last few years have made life increasingly difficult across the MENA region. Let’s get acquainted with the opinion of Hamid Dabashi on this issue. He’s Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. His latest books include Reversing the Colonial Gaze: Persian Travelers Abroad […]
Environmentalists in Iran’s Kurdish areas have had a tougher year than usual, battling drought, forest fires and loss on Green Mountain. The Green Mountain Committee is a non-governmental organization established 22 years ago in Mariwan, Kurdistan Province. To this day, it is the most active environmental group in Iran’s Kurdish areas. In June, 15 members […]
Most of California in the US experience extreme drought. May and June have been the warmest and driest on record since 1896. Lake Oroville, one of California’s largest reservoirs, is expected to reach a new all-time low in October. For example, the Putah Creek River fell victim to drought and now looks like a puddle […]
Springs and wells are drying up across Iraqi Sulaimani province. Locals say it’s a disaster unlike anything they’ve seen before, Rudaw reports. “I was born in 1952. I have never seen this springhead in this way. I have always been here, except during the eight years of the Iran-Iraq war,” said Fatih Salim, who owns […]
An Iraqi delegation will visit Turkey early next month as water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have decreased by more than 50%, a spokesperson for Iraq’s water ministry told state media on August 22. “This year is a water-scarce one, and there is a clear decrease in water levels in the Tigris and […]
