@maxheadrom3088
For those who don't know, the Fertile Crescent is the region between the Tigres and Eufrates rivers in what is now known as Iraq. That region is the cradle of western civilization - the place where the written word first appeared, where the first epic poem was written (Gilgamesh), where the first Legal Code was created - the Hamurabi Code that even the king had to obey and that established the principle of proportionality that we have in our legal systems to this day. All that happened because of the fertile land and the two rivers full of water. That is a region we have very detailed information about the climate and that information goes all the way back to around 4,000 BCE. Note: the sewage water on those rivers being like sweage is the result of the 1990 War in Iraq when Iraq's grid was destroyed and the sewage treatment facilities stopped working.
@azalia423
Climate protection and ending Aipac are a reciprocal necessity
@Jszar
There are heirloom varieties of corn (maize, just to be clear) from Arizona which can take that kind of extended heat and dryness, and grow adequately with very minimal water. If USAID were still in operation, we could send them seed corn and help stabilize the region, to our own benefit. But no, we can’t have nice things.
@reverands571
It's only the beginning of May, to be so hot. We're in big trouble.
@HereInPA_Hagen
Hasn’t Great Leader told us it’s a hoax?
@maxheadrom3088
It is serious and this is just another sign. Great podcast but I will say once again: it's really serious and we have been knowing this for some time now.
@allanmurphy7474
I get this all the time when talking about climate change. It’s not great problem in North America yet we are being warned about it by looking at the Arctic and polar regions as well as places where our civilization began. Migration is an example, that we think is purely economic but is becoming more climatic. Climate change is a relatively slow process, so we should be very active about returning our planet to lower temperatures for it will take generations to change back
@maxheadrom3088
Another important point I'd like to make: is this really the time to spend more in armaments and to engage in trade wars? Note: mud is a great building material in those regions because it makes the houses cooler.
@maxheadrom3088
What would be a substitute for flooding their fields? Depending on what they grow that's the best solution. It's sad that the podcast ends saying that "there are solutions, they use methods from the time of the Sumerians (who apparently she thinks were very stupid ...)". Note: The US already keeps north of Mexico dry because rivers that go from the US to Mexico are either a tiny stream (like the RIo Grande) or they don't even get there anymore. The US is the upstream village.
@haythamal-dokanji9547
Heat and lack of water have been at play for decades in the Middle East. Farmers and herders in the North Eastern parts of Syria abandoned their villages the same way and clustered in large slums around the capital Damascus and Aleppo. Their despair and suffering were impetus to a bloody civil war that started 2011 and still going.
@claireconover
121, almost hot enough to bake a cake in the sunlight
@NoeraldinKabam
The crescent formally known as fertile.
@ronkirk5099
There is no doubt that parts of the planet will become too hot for human habitation, or any other living thing for that matter, as a result of global warming. Years ago I read 'Topsoil and Civilization' and it told the story of the fertile crescent where agriculture began and how it was the first place where agriculture collapsed due to over exploitation by humans. Soil loss, salt buildup from irrigation and eventually the soil was exhausted and no longer productive.
@nathanngumi8467
Great episode!
@Kura02
Sabrina is back 🥹🥹🥹
@Yes10292
I find the pictures of the journalists staring at me in the thumbnail to be subtly disturbing. Its one thing to look at a picture for a few moments and another thing for the journalist to stare at me during the entire clip.
@davidcanatella4279
Climate change is a substitute term for erosion, soil degradation or pollution.
@cosmicdust8185
SABRINA is baaaack!
@concentricvoid
This sounds like the beginning of the Mad Max world. 😢
@ppss.6302