Rising temperatures, dying cattle: Iraq is reeling from climate change

PBS · Simona Foltyn · last updated January 15, 2022 – 12:30 PM

Simona Foltyn:The marshes only span 2,000 square miles today, a 75 percent reduction compared to their original size. And even though we’re now in November, which is supposed to be the onset of the rainy season, water levels continue to decline. Dhuhriya Saquir and her family used to keep 20 water buffalos, but that number has dropped to four over the past few years. Dhuhriya Saquir, buffalo herder: Taking care of the buffalos is really making us tired. We go looking for them, but even the boat cannot float after them anymore because there’s no water.

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