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Nov 10, 2021
Greece’s Popular Islands Are Crowded — With Plastic
The Aegean islands are parched. Breaking the dependency on imported water will take more than the will of eco-conscious residents.
Nov 5, 2021
A Recipe for Perpetual Insecurity? The Case of a Syrian Protected Area
As snapshots of Syria’s environmental degradation go, Jebel Abdelaziz, in the northeastern part of the country, is hard to beat. The mountain’s rocky flanks offer little for livestock. The semi-arid…
Oct 28, 2021
A Hot Dusty Crossroads
How waves of environment-related displacement are transforming rural – and urban – Iraq.
Aug 9, 2021
Greece’s fires cause choking smoke, threaten heritage sites
The earliest signs of trouble came around midday on Thursday, August 5. Wafts of thick black smoke darkened the sky to the south and west of the Greek hilltop where my partner and I had rented…
Apr 14, 2021
The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem
Getting environmental officials to expound on their countries’ crises can be futile in much of the Middle East and North Africa (and well beyond). These officials might not want to talk about pollution…
Mar 3, 2021
Environmental Activism along
a Warming Mediterranean.
Forging Regional Engagement at a Time of Climate Crises
Feb 26, 2021
The return of a once-dying lake
Lake Urmia in Iran was once the world's second largest salt lake, but in a matter of years it shrank to almost nothing. Now, the lake is slowly coming back to life.
Feb 26, 2021
Why Water Conflict is Rising, Especially on the Local Level
That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that most water experts have refuted
Feb 8, 2021
Mediterranean fishermen face perfect storm as tensions and temperatures rise
Climate change and geopolitical troubles make fishing an ever more difficult business.