Oddly enough, not many politicians are paying attention to the incoming water crisis. Think about this: water is the essence of life, sustaining every single being on this planet and without it there would simply be no plants, animals or people. As a few of us have written here before, the global water supply isn't just at risk, it's already in crisis. This week's NYT article on Syria & Iraq is a harbinger of things to come.
Syria — The farmlands spreading north and east of this Euphrates River town were once the breadbasket of the region, a vast expanse of golden wheat fields and bucolic sheep herds. Now, after four consecutive years of drought, this heartland of the Fertile Crescent — including much of neighboring Iraq — appears to be turning barren, climate scientists say. Ancient irrigation systems have collapsed, underground water sources have run dry and hundreds of villages have been abandoned as farmlands turn to cracked desert and grazing animals die off. Sandstorms have become far more common, and vast tent cities of dispossessed farmers and their families have risen up around the larger towns and cities of Syria and Iraq.
continued at Daily Kos....
