Coverage dated November 7, 2023

Scientists blame climate change for 'extreme drought' in Iraq, Iran and Syria

Headline from Digital Journal

The "extreme" drought gripping Iraq, Syria and Iran would not have occurred without climate change caused by burning fossil fuels.

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  1. Digital Journal

    Scientists blame climate change for 'extreme drought' in Iraq, Iran and Syria (opens Digital Journal)

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    The "extreme" drought gripping Iraq, Syria and Iran would not have occurred without climate change caused by burning fossil fuels.

  2. Carbon Brief

    Climate change: Intensity of ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran ‘not rare anymore’ (opens Carbon Brief)

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    High temperatures caused by climate change are driving an ongoing drought in the Middle East, according to a new rapid attribution analysis by the WWA.

  3. Daily Journal

    Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds (opens Daily Journal)

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    A three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn’t have happened without human-caused climate change, a new study found. The west Asian drought, which started in July 2020, is mostly because hotter-than-normal temperatures are evaporating the lit…

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Climate change worsened drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A three-year drought in the region was made far more likely due to climate change, a new study has found. And it will probably get worse in the coming years.

  5. Green Field Reporter

    Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    A three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn’t have happened without human-caused climate change, a new study found. The west Asian drought, which started in July 2020, is mostly because hotter-than-normal temperatures are evaporating the lit…

  6. The Guardian

    Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds (opens The Guardian)

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    Millions of people’s lives wrecked by droughts that used to happen once every 250 years but now expected once a decade

  7. NBC News

    Drought that has hammered Syria, Iraq and Iran exacerbated by climate change (opens NBC News)

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    Scientists with the World Weather Attribution group found that extreme temperatures dramatically increased the likelihood of the drought that has fueled a humanitarian crisis.

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