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Tag: drought
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Three Weeks of Fire in Hircani Forests: What Burned, What failed, What’s at stake
Wildfire in Elit’s Hircani forests exposes climate-stressed, human-caused fires, delayed and fragmented state response, and systemic lack of prevention that threatens an ancient UNESCO-listed…
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Local Villagers in Iran Revived the Once Drying Lake Bazangan
By: Omid Montazeri Covering an area of about 52 hectares in its glory days, Bazangan or “Kol Bibi” Lake is located east of the…
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Ten provinces suffering seven-year drought
The head of drought and crisis management for the Iranian Meteorological Organization reports that 10 of the country’s provinces have been grappling with seven…
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Khorasan Razavi fights problem of groundwater overuse
Underground waters in Khorazan Razavi are being overexploited by 1.2 billion cubic metres, according to the province’s Regional Water Director. Mohammad Hossein Jafari told…
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Dried-out fields send dust storms to Tehran
In the latest news about Iran’s water crisis, fields in Shariyar and Qazvin have reportedly dried out and become a source of dust storms…
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Farming of rice on the decline due to drought
All rice cultivation in Sistan-Baluchistan was shut down after the province registered as the area with the lowest rainfall this year. The Asr-e Hamoon…
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Average temperatures across Iran rise by three degrees
Iran Meteorological Organization announced that nine provinces have so far registered average temperatures three degrees higher than normal in June. The report adds that…
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Sistan-Baluchistan dust storms force residents inside
Storm winds reaching up to 115 kilometres per hour have forced residents in Sistan-Baluchistan Province to stay in their homes due to high volumes…
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Iran’s rainmaking budget criticized as too small
Drought and continued lack of precipitation is threatening Iran’s environment and ecology across the country, which had led the government to establish a 14-billion-toum…