How Climate Change Helped Lead to the Uprising in Syria

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By Yale Environment 360Mar 3, 2015, 9:09 am68 pts
A new study draws links between a record drought in Syria and the uprising that erupted there in 2011. In a Yale Environment 360 interview, Colin Kelley, the study’s lead author, discusses how the severity of that drought was connected to a long-term warming trend in the region. BY DIANE TOOMEY

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