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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“Mangroves are our frontline against salinity, pollution and coastal collapse.” Covering 400 hectares (990 acres), the mangrove nursery in Khor Al-Zubair includes acclimation basins, seed ...

Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore in southeast Iraq, prompting an official investigation into the wildlife disaster that officials said Monday may be linked to drought conditions.