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Iraq is mostly desert but it used to be the fertile crescent. Did the hanging gardens of Babylon go away because they turned off the sprinklers? What actually
by mcdonje 4y ago
Iraq is mostly desert but it used to be the fertile crescent. Did the hanging gardens of Babylon go away because they turned off the sprinklers?
What actually happened was successive waves of deforestation. The same deforestation that made Jordan arid.
Reforestation is a reasonable course of action.
- dukeofdoom 4y agoWell yeah, there used to be palm trees growing in Edmonton. Doesn't mean you can grow them now in -30 degree modern day Winter. Wind patterns change over time, and so does level of participation and temperatures a region receives. Not really surprising. I'm not sure about Iraq, but if you're getting months of 40+ degrees daily and almost not rain, you're not growing a forrest without a source of water. Sorry. A single peach tree in California typically requires about 25 to 40 gallons of water per week during the summer months. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-prehistoric-palm-1.393927 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-prehistoric-palm-1.39392...