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How about the Syrian civil war? "global warming is said to have played a role in sparking the 2011 uprising. Severe drought plagued Syria from 2007-10, causing
by mathgenius 9y ago
How about the Syrian civil war?
"global warming is said to have played a role in sparking the 2011 uprising. Severe drought plagued Syria from 2007-10, causing as many as 1.5 million people to migrate from the countryside into cities, exacerbating poverty and social unrest."
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/2/syrias-civil-war-linked-partly-to-drought-global-warming.html http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/2/syrias-civil-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War#Drought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War#Drought
- b1daly 9y agoA not unreasonable hypothesis. Yet the bulk of the destruction is the result of ghastly military actions, aimed at direct destruction of the society. To worry about the contribution of climate change is not pointless. Close to it though.
- bigbugbag 9y agoAlso Boko Haram: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/may/09/behind-rise-nigeria-boko-haram-climate-disaster-peak-oil-depletion https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/m...