Syrian Conflict and Climate Change May Worsen Droughts in Jordan (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Syrian Conflict and Climate Change May Worsen Droughts in Jordan (1 of 1)

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Map of Jordan and future projections of precipitation, temperature, and annual transboundary inflow at Al-Wehda under climate and land-use change scenarios. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 30, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by D. Rajsekhar at California Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, CA, and colleagues was titled, 'Increasing drought in Jordan: Climate change and cascading Syrian land-use impacts on reducing transboundary flow.'

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[Credit: Deepthi Rajsekhar and Steven Gorelick]

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