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Syria map of Köppen climate classification zones. The most striking feature of the climate is the contrast. Between the humid Mediterranean coast and the arid desert ...
Syria highlighted on a map of the Middle East. The effects of climate change in Syria are considerable. It has adverse effects on the livelihoods of the people as well as its environment. [1] [2] [3] Syria is a developing and non-industrialized country that is located in an arid to semi-arid region. [4]
In the years of 2006–2011, Syria experienced five successive years of drought that created one of the biggest humanitarian crisis Syria has ever known. Although, the climate change has significantly impacted the drought in Syria, affecting the agriculture resources, the Assad government has demonstrated a long-term mismanagement and neglect ...
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 ...
The drought conditions that have roiled Syria, Iraq and Iran over the past three years would not have happened without climate change, a new analysis suggests.
Climate scientist Colin Kelley suggests that climate change was a significant contributor to the increased severity of the most recent drought in the region. He claims that such drought is 3 times more likely to occur due to human influence on climate and the drought have contributed to the beginning of the Syrian civil war. [41]
The Middle East steppe ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0812) stretches in an arc from southern Jordan across Syria and Iraq to the western border of Iran. The upper plains of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers dominate most of the ecoregion. The terrain is mostly open shrub steppe. The climate is arid (less than 250 mm of precipitation per year).
Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. ... Though three of the four main power brokers in Syria (the U.S. being the fourth) participated ...