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Their counterparts in Syria fared much worse ... the wells ran dry and Syria’s farmland collapsed in an epic dust storm. More than a million farmers joined mass
by Reason077 10y ago
Their counterparts in Syria fared much worse ... the wells ran dry and Syria’s farmland collapsed in an epic dust storm. More than a million farmers joined massive shantytowns on the outskirts of Aleppo, Homs, Damascus and other cities in a futile attempt to find work and purpose.
To what extent the current situation in Syria influenced by environmental changes, I wonder?
Unemployed farmers -> Social instability -> Civil Unrest -> War?
- sriram_malhar 10y agoThis SciAm article lays it out exactly as you do. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-hastened-the-syrian-war/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-has...
- lucb1e 10y agoIsn't that exactly what the article says, one paragraph further than your quote?