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Lack of rain and poor management of land and water caused the most severe drought in Syria in 100 years and led to a mass migration to cities that contributed to country’s civil war. Khaled Al Hariri/Reuters

Climate change and drought: a spark in igniting Syria’s civil war

Colin Kelley, University of California, Santa Barbara

A drought in Syria that was exacerbated by climate change helped fuel the unrest that led to the country’s civil war.

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