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September 8, 2015 4:21 PM   Subscribe

How climate change helped spark a bloody civil war.
A severe drought, worsened by a warming climate, drove Syrian farmers to abandon their crops and flock to cities, helping trigger a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Global warming could make war even more common than it is today.
posted by adamvasco (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad



 
Triple?
posted by the man of twists and turns at 4:23 PM on September 8, 2015 [1 favorite]


At least a double: http://www.metafilter.com/149481/How-Climate-Change-Sparked-Syrias-Civil-War
posted by larrybob at 4:26 PM on September 8, 2015


and take it away mods.....
posted by adamvasco at 4:29 PM on September 8, 2015


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