The role of climate change in exacerbating the problem of desertification in Al-Muthanna Governorate
عنوان المقال عربي
دور التغيرات المناخية في تفاقم مشكلة التصحر في محافظة المثنى
Abstract
Al-Muthanna Governorate, in particular, is one of the Iraqi governorates most affected by climatic changes and the accompanying great environmental problems, including, in particular, the exacerbation of the problem of desertification, which affected three quarters of the area of the governorate, especially in recent years, as it became according to it large areas of land by virtue of (bad lands). Other areas are considered agricultural lands, which increased the suffering of the population and posed a great threat to the economic, food and environmental security of the governorate, so the problem of desertification due to climate changes is one of the big and dangerous problems that threaten large areas of the governorate’s land. In addition, the thing that exacerbated this problem is the decline in the amount of rainfall and the scarcity of the water supply in the Euphrates behind River, in addition to the high rate of evaporation, and the accompanying large water deficit over recent years, so this study came to shed light on the role of climate changes in Exacerbation of the problem of desertification in the province and the auxiliary and causes of it.
Keywords
Climate changes, desertification problem, Muthanna Governorate
Recommended Citation
Al-Khafaji, Sarhan Naeem
(2025)
"The role of climate change in exacerbating the problem of desertification in Al-Muthanna Governorate,"
Uruk for Humanities: Vol. 16:
Iss.
5, Article 12.
Available at:
https://muthuruk.mu.edu.iq/journal/vol16/iss5/12
