One-third of the Earth's land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by ...

Here, in one of Iraq’s most ecologically stressed regions, an unlikely green force is beginning to take root: mangroves (Avicennia marina).These hardy, salt-tolerant trees are being planted ...

Brick factories in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province are worsening an already severe pollution crisis, emitting toxic gases and ...

Resulting soil salinity is threatening agriculture. Iraq's historic marshlands in the south are also drying up, while temperatures are soaring. The southern city of Basra recorded nearly 54°C in ...

Nearly 5.8 million acres in North Dakota are affected by soil salinity, according to a 2010 Natural Resources Conservation Service study. That is about 15% of North Dakota’s total acreage.

Soil salinity, a form of land degradation, affects over 1 billion hectares globally, compromising agricultural productivity and environmental health.

Iraq's agriculture ministry on Sunday announced it was forming a committee to look into the causes of the fish deaths, according to state news agency INA. Environmental campaigner Ahmed Saleh Neema ...

The new data could help farmers get the most crop per drop, while also dealing with salinity and sustaining soil health. But that won’t always mean less water use, a reckoning for realistic ...

Iraq's prime minister Sunday promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change — which has affected millions across the country — including plans to meet a third of the country's electricity ...

Citations: Al-Mahmood, H., & Mahmood, A. (2021). Effect of Karun River on the salinity status in the Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah – Iraq. Mesopotamian Journal of ...