Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

Mongabay
Mar 29, 2019, 6:56 am216 pts
On Dec. 17, 2010, a 26-year-old Tunisian fruit vendor named Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the confiscation of his produce. This act kicked off protests in Tunisia that eventually swept the Arab world, toppling leaders and giving rise to conflicts that persist today. That…

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