Sunday, November 7, 2021

In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is upending a way of life

As water levels dropped in the marshlands this summer, the marsh water became too salty for the water buffalo to drink.

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures are increasing at nearly double the rate of Earth's.

(Image credit: Mootaz Sami for NPR)

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